To mark the beginning of pride month, Israel just held it first Trans-beauty contest. Ta'alin abu Hanna, 21, a Christian Arab-Israeli from Northern Israel was crowned the winner at the Habima national theater and will represent Israel at the Miss Trans Star International pageant in Barcelona in September.
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Abu Hanna, 21, told journalists. "Our country allowed me, a Christian 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..."
Carolin Khoury, a Muslim contestant, said she hoped Friday's contest would "send a message to the Arab communities in Israel or abroad, to accept the other".
More photos at CBS News
Like this transgender beauty contest Israel is also the first country in the Middle East to erect a 911 memorial. However I believe that's the first 911 memorial outside of the U.S. period. Now since then other 911 memorials have sprung up in the Middle East but unlike Israel those memorials were made to pay tribute to the hijackers.
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