Miss Universe Pageant

The company that owns the Miss Universe pageant filed for bankruptcy Thursday, but its upcoming pageant will go on as planned.

Miss Morocco, one of two Miss Universe contestants from Arab-Muslim countries to take part in the pageant for the first time this year, gushed about her time in Israel saying she “felt so so welcome” everywhere she went.

EILAT – Miss USA Elle Smith, who reached the top 10 on Monday’s Miss Universe pageant in Eilat, called Israel “wonderful” and vowed to be back.

EILAT – Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, in the 70th iteration of the beauty pageant which this year was mired in controversy over its location in Israel.

Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane said if she had listened to the anti-Israel haters and her own government and not come to Israel for the Miss Universe pageant, she would have regretted it for the rest of her life even though she’s been “to hell and back,” the Jerusalem Post reported.

EILAT, ISRAEL – Miss Universe’s Israeli producers said they tried to persuade the American organizers of the contest, which this year takes place in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, to cancel the controversial swimsuit round and replace it with activewear.

EILAT, ISRAEL – The security to access the port in the southern Israeli city of Eilat is so tight on Thursday, one would be forgiven for mistaking it for the site of a U.N. summit of world leaders, not the location of the 70th annual Miss Universe pageant.

The South African government has called on its national beauty pageant winner to boycott this year’s Miss Universe contest due to its location in Israel, citing “atrocities against Palestinians.”

Sarah Idan, the Miss Iraq contestant for the Miss Universe pageant, charged that the Miss Iraq Organization lied when they denied threatening to take her title away if she refused to remove a picture of her smiling next to Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, accompanied by a message of hope for peace.

Miss Iraq’s family was forced to flee their native Iraq for fear of their lives after photos of her smiling next to Miss Israel, as well as pictures of her in a bikini, taken during the Miss Universe Pageant last month surfaced online.

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in the Philippines are planning to target the 2017 Miss Universe pageant that is scheduled to be held in their country, The Foreign Desk reports, citing a secret jihadi social media channel.

TEL AVIV – Gal Gadot was determined not to win the Miss Universe pageant, the Israeli actress told Jimmy Kimmel on his show Tuesday. Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in this summer’s highly anticipated Batman v. Superman and 2017’s Wonder

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