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{{Short description|Arab-Israeli model}}
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| name               = Rana Raslan<br>رنا رسلان
| image              = Rana Rasslan D557-030 (cropped2).jpg
| caption            = Raslan after being crowned national beauty queen in [[Tel Aviv]], 9 March 1999
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|3|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Wadi Nisnas]], [[Haifa]], Israel
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| occupation         = [[Model (person)|Model]] (formerly)
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| spouse             = {{marriage|Unknown|2003}}<ref name=bladi>{{Cite web|title=Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling|url=https://www.bladi.info/threads/rana-no-chance-for.9374/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Bladi.info|language=fr-FR}}{{dead link |fix-attempted=yes |date=September 2024}}</ref>
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| competitions = [[Miss Israel#Notable winners|Miss Israel 1999]] (Winner)<br />[[Miss Universe 1999]] (Unplaced)
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|native_name_lang=ar|nationalcompetition=|haircolour=[[Black hair|Black]]|eyecolour=[[Eye color#Brown|Brown]]}}
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'''Rana Raslan''' ({{langx|ar|رنا رسلان}}; {{langx|he|רנא רסלאן}}; born {{Birth date|1977|3|17|df=y}}) is an Israeli former model who won [[Miss Israel]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOR FIRST TIME, ARAB REIGNS AS MISS ISRAEL |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/for-first-time-arab-reigns-as-miss-israel/article_db2ab4b4-4b8b-588a-8a9a-da46c5b39f52.html |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=Buffalo News |date=10 March 1999 |language=en}}</ref> With the cancellation of the pageant in 2022, she remains the only [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab]] and [[Islam in Israel|Muslim]] to have won the title.<ref name=ahram>{{cite magazine |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/421/re2.htm |title=In the eye of the beholder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302091321/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/421/re2.htm |archive-date=2007-03-02 |magazine=[[Al-Ahram]] |issue=421 |date=March 1999 |first=Mohamed |last=Al-Masry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |work=BBC News |title=Arab crowned Miss Israel |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/294051.stm |access-date=3 September 2024 |date=10 March 1999}}</ref> Following her crowning as national beauty queen, Raslan represented [[Israel]] at [[Miss Universe]] that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/treesandrain/139818519/|title=Rana Raslan - Miss Universe competition|work=Flickr|date=3 May 2006|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

Concurrent Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] hailed Raslan's first-place nomination as a "clear manifestation of equality and cooperation between [[Israeli Jews|Jews]] and Arabs in Israel" and criticized the assertion that Arabs are treated as second-class citizens under Israeli law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In a first, Arab wins Miss Israel pageant |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/03/11/in-a-first-arab-wins-miss-israel-pageant/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214013922/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/03/11/in-a-first-arab-wins-miss-israel-pageant/ |url-status=live |archive-date=14 December 2022 |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |date=11 March 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-03-11 |title=Back-slapping all round as Arab is crowned Miss Israel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/11/davidsharrock |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=the Guardian |language=en |first=David |last=Sharrock}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel's beauty queen is Arab; Contest: The Jewish state's first Muslim Miss Israel carries a lot more than a crown on her head. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-03-11-9903110278-story.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Baltimore Sun|date=11 March 1999 }}</ref>

== Early and personal life ==
Raslan was born on 17 March 1977 in [[Wadi Nisnas]], a neighbourhood in the city of [[Haifa]]; her father is an [[Arab Muslims|Arab Muslim]] and her mother is an [[Arab Christians|Arab Christian]] who converted to [[Islam]].

She has described herself as a "[[Islam and secularism|secular Muslim]]" in response to accusations of immorality by [[Islamic fundamentalism|Muslim fundamentalists]]—specifically in reference to the beauty pageants' usage of [[swimsuit|swimsuits]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12410/edition_id/239/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Arab beauty rides Miss Israel title through thorny issues |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=November 5, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180100/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/11973/arab-beauty-rides-miss-israel-title-through-thorny-issues/ |archive-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead |first=Jeannine |last=Mercer}}</ref>

In 2003, Raslan relocated to [[Dubai]] after her marriage to an Emirati businessman.<ref name=googletranslate>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-exposure/articles/Article-9bd202c17161b71027.htm|script-title =he: חיים אתגר על המפגש עם השייח' אליו נישאה רנא רסלאן &#124; חשיפה|date = 5 August 2021 |lang=he |website=Mako |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=bladi/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Israel|Biography|Fashion}}
*[[Lucy Aharish]], Arab-Israeli journalist and actress
*[[Huda Naccache]], Arab-Israeli model
*[[Lucy Ayoub]], Arab-Israeli journalist
*[[Mira Awad]], Arab-Israeli musical artist

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061209141521/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/israel.htm Israel beauty queens since 1950]
{{Miss Universe 1999 delegates}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Arab citizens of Israel]]
[[Category:Israeli female models]]
[[Category:Israeli Muslims]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Miss Israel winners]]
[[Category:Miss Universe 1999 contestants]]
[[Category:Islam and secularism]]


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