Another Interesting Miss USA

You may remember last year when Miss California Carrie Prejean ran afoul of the politically correct when she answered a question during the Miss USA pageant and supported Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative in California.  Well, another year and another pageant, and this one features a runner-up who supported the Arizona immigration bill, and a Muslim-American winner from Michigan with some interesting family members.

First, the runner-up:

(Miss Oklahoma Elizabeth) Woolard handled the night's toughest question, about Arizona's new immigration law. Woolard said she supports the law, which requires police enforcing another law to verify a person's immigration status if there's "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the country illegally.

She said she's against illegal immigration but is also against racial profiling.

"I'm a huge believer in states' rights. I think that's what's so wonderful about America," Woolard said. "So I think it's perfectly fine for Arizona to create that law."

"The Office" actor Oscar Nunez was booed as he asked the question and asked the audience to wait until he finished the question before they reacted. The panel of judges came up with the questions themselves.

You can see the video here.  And now the winner:

In a moment that was replayed during the broadcast, (Miss Michigan Rima) Fakih nearly fell while finishing her walk in her gown because of the length of its train. But she made it without a spill and went on to win.

"I did it here, I better not do it at Miss Universe," she said. "Modeling does help, after all."

Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton and won a spot representing the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. She also gets a one-year lease in a New York apartment with living expenses, an undisclosed salary, and various health, professional and beauty services.

During the interview portion, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should because it's costly.

"I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance," Fakih said.

Oooookay.

And something that's sure to get some attention in the days ahead is the winner's connection to Hezbollah, the radical Palestinian group, through a number of her relatives. Debbie Schlussel has more and the headlines kind of say it all:

Miss USA Contestant is Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah Supporter, Used Pageant Name to Promote Muslim Female Subjugation; Hezbo Taqiyyah Allows Bikinis?

Miss USA Pageant Sponsor Attacked “Whites,” Bragged About Dad’s Massacre of Jews, is 9/11 Truther, Anti-Israel

Donald Trump, Dhimmi: Miss Hezbollah Wins Miss USA; Was Contest Rigged for Muslima Hezbollah Supporter? Miss Oklahoma’s Great Arizona Immigration Answer

We'll see if any of this becomes news beyond the blogs.