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I really don’t understand the big fuss being made because of what Miss Lebanon 2011 Yara Mikhail said in her interview with judges for the Miss World 2011 competition. Not that I am defending her or anything, but what she said was not that harmful. It’s just a stupid comment.
She did not insult Lebanon, she just said it’s a very busy country and there’s a lot of traffic, which are true, and not necessarily bad things. New York is also a busy place. Plus she added she likes to travel to Congo which is a relatively calm country.
However, my two questions to Yara are:
– Why did you feel the need to talk about Congo that much in the interview?
– Why don’t you visit the Cedars, Chouf, Faraya or a zillion other beautiful and peaceful towns in Lebanon if you want to relax? It’s much closer than Congo!
My question to those criticizing her now: Did you hear her interviews at Miss Lebanon 2011? If yes, then you should have seen this coming.
Maybe she has family in congo. I would have instantly brought up Ghana.
We’re Lebanese, many of us have our hearts in two places..
Her dad is in Congo. I don’t mind her mentioning it but she shouldn’t mention it that much. She’s running as Miss Lebanon after all.
she can have her heart wherever she wants but she is representing lebanon, answering a question from judges for an international competition not chatting with her girl friends….its pretty stupid !
and she is studying communication arts.
It is very obvious that Miss Lebanon 2011 Commits such a mistake.” She represents Lebanon and talks about Congo :S” but at the end this is her level, this is the max she can give. Imagine that she didn’t win and who won Miss Lebanon was that lady who ignores any invitation on her facebook account if she don’t know the user inviting her:D !
In all cases Beirut is crowded and this is a huge Dilemma we are facing, all Foreigners consider Lebanon as Beirut Only and they never see or talk about any other Region, i Blame Miss Lebanon 2011 that she took also this trend by saying the Lebanon is Crowded while as Najib Said there are a lot of wonderful calm regions in Lebanon that are OUTSIDE BEIRUT BUT IN LEBANON!
From all angles, I don’t see how that girl what elected as Miss Lebanon,(beauty, knowledge, background)
BUT this is lebanon, and she represented us with our real image 🙁
I think you’re all being hard on her..
For example Prince Wj is saying that she lacks beauty, knowledge and background.
Let’s say beauty is controversial, but “knowledge and background”? What the hell is that supposed to mean?
She speaks four languages, with a perfect english (they speak french in congo), she’s studying Economics in AUB and she’s not even 20 years old.. What kind of better “background” you want her to have? Or you ashamed from the fact that she lived in Africa?
She’s studying in LAU!!
much ado about nothing!
I’m not a fan of beauty pageants and I swear I didn’t even know what Miss Lebanon looked like until earlier today when I came across that link on Twitter: http://www.elnashrafan.com/news/show/1001615?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150918708545034_27129477_10150922906975034#f1c648a64
In the comments section right under the article, Miss Lebanon answers those criticizing her by explaining that the judges (who cannot be heard on the video) asked her about Congo which is why she elaborated about the country:
“The confusion occurred in the second part of the video, unfortunately, we cannot hear clearly the judges but the first question they asked when I spoke about my father living there is:
“Do I often visit Congo and do I like it there?â€
I replied saying: “Yes, I do travel a lot to Congo and I like it, it is very calm. It is different from Lebanon, not noisy and busy.—
I agree with Mustapha. This girl has had to clarify her position a million times. She insistintly made a point that this was not the whole interview and rather a part of it. She isn’t stupid or ugly. Sure fi ahla.. fi ahla min all of us. She won, now lets be supportive. She’s doing what she can and it just seems everyone wants a reason to attack her. I should point you all to MTV’s entertainment special “Lebanon Models” or something.. okay that’s bad on all levels! Its on their side- check it out and seriously die inside. because thats what happened to me.
beautifull and very stupid at the same time
reaaly she s stupid she s miss congo not lebanon, she didn t say something bad just she talks bad about lebanon she s poor.
really she s insane