THE INDEPENDENT
Lebanese beauty queen stripped of title after her Israel visit is revealed
by Bethan McKernan
August 23, 2017

The winner of a Lebanese beauty pageant has been stripped of her title just one week after winning her crown, local media has reported. Swedish-Lebanese Amanda Hanna won Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2017 earlier this month but was told she was no longer allowed to hold the position after organisers discovered she had previously visited neighbouring Israel using her Swedish passport on an academic trip in 2016.  “After communicating our decision with Lebanon’s Minister of Tourism, he decided that Hanna should be stripped of her title because her visit to Israel violates our country’s laws.” READ MORE