Published: 7 June 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Pageant included a contestant from an Orthodox Jewish family and a Muslim Belly dancer from Tel Aviv. Ta'alin Abu Hanna will go on to represent Israel in Miss Trans Star International pageant in Spain. "Our country allowed me, a Cdanhristian Arab from Nazareth, to end the war between my soul and my body. So if it made peace for me, our country is only a country of peace."
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And see:
Israeli beauty pageant for transgender women signals desire for normalcy - Shachar Atwan – Haaretz 17.05.16
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Orthodox wrestle with Jewish law and transgender issues April 12, 2016
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