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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: RIMA FAKIH - MISS USA

By Greg Siskind

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Well I stand corrected. Last night I reported that Rima Fakih was born in the US to immigrant parents. That's what the one biography I could find that listed her birth place actually said. But a day is a long time in the news cycle and we know a lot more about America's newest sweetheart. She was, in fact, born in Lebanon and immigrated as a child. The charming Rima is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn and is hoping to attend law school when her reign is over. Perhaps a career as an immigration lawyer?

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on May 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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