Angelina Fares
Angelina Fares (Arabic: انجلينا فارس, Hebrew: אנג'לינה פארס; born Doaa Fares on 24 March 1989) is an Israeli Druze model and beauty pageant contestant. She was a finalist in Miss Israel 2007.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 See also
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Biography
Fares was born in the village of Rameh, the firstborn of a Druze family as one of seven siblings. From the age of six she practiced artistic gymnastics. She represented Israel in an international compe*ion in Russia and finished tenth among eighty participants.
Fares caused great resentment among the Druze community when she decided to compete in the Miss Israel beauty contest and became a finalist. She received threats for dishonouring her community, which led to the arrest of five people, among them two of her uncles, for planning to murder her. Following those threats and the pressure that was put on her by the Druze religious leadership, she finally withdrew from the contest and later from her high school. Her sister, Jamila "Maya" Fares, was murdered in 2011, many suspect by members of the Druze community.
See also
- Lady Kul El Arab, do*entary film about Angelina Fares by Ibtisam Mara'ana
References
External links
- "Threats force Druse beauty to bow out of 'Miss Israel'" - The Jerusalem Post