US Edition'We're more than our pain': Miss Palestine to compete on global stage
Nadeen Ayoub, the first Palestinian Miss Universe contestant, aims to present Palestinian identity beyond conflict as over 64,000 Palestinians have died in the ongoing war, officials report.
- Nadeen Ayoub will make history by representing Palestine in the Miss Universe pageant in Thailand this November, even as conflict continues to impact her homeland.
- Her participation follows the Gaza war that erupted in October 2023 after a Hamas attack on Israel, which killed 1,219 people and sparked a deadly retaliatory offensive.
- Ayoub aims to raise the Palestinian flag and represent a nation largely divided by occupation and displacement, while highlighting her people's identity beyond the war.
- She emphasized that beyond their hardships, Palestinians seek representation and are determined to preserve their cultural identity.
- By competing internationally, Ayoub challenges recent Israeli political moves and increases Palestinian visibility, stressing the need to be present on every global stage.
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Nadeen Ayoub is the first candidate to wear the colours of Palestine in the contest of Miss Universe 2025. Through her activism, the 27-year-old beauty queen intends to give a voice to the Gazaoui people.
Couroned in 2022, the Palestinian woman will represent her country at the beauty contest on November 21.
For the first time, a Palestinian woman will participate in Miss Universe.
Palestine Has a Representative at Miss Universe for the First Time in History - Who Is Nadeen Ayoub?
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"We're more than our pain": Miss Palestine carries hope to Miss Universe
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Nadeen Ayoub is the first official representative of Palestine at Miss Universe's beauty contest. The 27-year-old says she wants to take advantage of it to show another facet of Palestinian identity. - "We are not just our sufferings": who is Nadeen Ayoub, the first representative of Palestine at Miss Universe? (Culture, media and entertainment).
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