Rima Fakih (born September 22, 1985) is an American beauty pageant contestant, and winner of the 2010 Miss USA title. She represented the state of Michigan in the Miss USA 2010 pageant, having previously won the 2010 Miss Michigan USA competition. She will also be on WWF Tough enough .
Fakih won the pageant Miss Michigan USA on September 19, 2009. In May 2010 she represented Michigan at the Miss USA 2010 pageant held at the Planet Hollywood resort and in Les Vegas. She won the Miss USA title on May 16, 2010, becoming the first Miss Michigan USA to win the national title since Kenya Morre in
Fakih is widely believed to , the first Arab American and the first Muslim to win the Miss USA title; however, pageant officials stated their records are not detailed enough to confirm these claims. The first Michigan delegate to win the Miss USA title, Carole Gist, became the first African-American Miss USA in 1990
Less than 24 hours after she was crowned, internet entertainment media directed attention to a website featuring a 2007 "Stripper 101" pole dancing contest sponsored by Detroit radio station WKQI and won by Fakih. WKQI said they had been contacted by representatives of the Miss universe organization, requesting additional photographs and information about the contest. The station expressed their support for Fakih, adding "the photos taken from our website are no more provocative than those on the Miss USA website." On May 18, Miss USA pageant representatives told ABC News they would proceed with their media tour starring Fakih.She was also an actress in an independent sort film with sexual undertones titled Throbbing Justice.