Rima fakih Miss USA 2010

Rima Fakih of Dearborn, became the first muslin Miss USA. Mich., surprised many by winning the Miss USA 2010 pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday.

Fakih was born in 1986 in New York to Lebanese American immigrant parents, and grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, one of the nation’s largest Lebanese enclaves. Her family is said to practice both the Christian and Muslim faiths, another first for a Miss USA winner. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Fakih majored in Economics with a minor in Business.

Rima Fakih is believed to be the first Muslim-American Miss USA and the second Arab-American to be crowned Miss USA since it began way back in 1952.

The stunner told reporters she sold her car after graduating from University of Michigan-Dearborn to pay for her run in the Miss Michigan USA pageant.

She said she believed she had the title on Sunday after glancing at pageant owner Donald Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up.

Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard was the first runner-up.

After winning, Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton, and will represent the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant.