Rima Rakih, Miss USA, Talks Miss Universe Body Paint Pictures (VIDEO)

Miss USA Rima Fakih talked to "Access Hollywood" about the Miss Universe promo shots, which will feature each contestant wearing body paint. Fakih said, "I love it. Oh my god. I've always wanted to do body paint and the fact that we get to do it with Miss Universe, that just shows you that there's going to be a lot of professional artists."

Some of the contestants offered to do it topless, including Fakih, but she will only be showing her back in the pics. "I told the [pageant organizers] I feel comfortable with beauty and with being unique. I'm known to standout and always wanting to do something different," Fakih said. She also mentioned the Miss USA lingerie photo controversy, remarking, "I think [people] need to look within what the pictures are trying to show, more than just what you just see on cover."

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Comments

[tdpubs]

12:41 PM on 10/11/2010

Even though she is very thin, she is very beautiful. I hope she enjoys her year of fame.

[SaraSH]

12:39 AM on 08/24/2010

Middle Eastern, Latina, and Indian women know how to do make up, how to arouse men, and how to SHAKE it, that's for sure.

[Mellonie]

08:09 PM on 08/16/2010

How many times was the word "Beauty" (or beautiful) used in that interview?

[Arrech]

02:13 PM on 08/14/2010

She is beautiful!

[dnno1]

01:00 PM on 08/14/2010

The Fox news report has legitemate questions that they should be asking themselves.

[Mikeeee]

04:39 PM on 08/14/2010

You cannot use the words fox and legitimate in the same sentence. It's an oxymoron.

[dnno1]

02:49 PM on 08/15/2010

Sure you can when you make it clear what is legitemate. The question that they asked was legit. It was to whom they posed it to that was not necessarily so. The should have been asking them selves those questions, since they seem to attract and prop up former beauty queens as anchors.

[drdubski]

09:04 AM on 08/14/2010

I guess the reporter hasn't been to any shows Vegas, or foreign beaches...

[Fang1944]

11:29 AM on 08/14/2010

Or South Beach. It's a BEAUTY contest for pity's sake.

[Shzron1946]

03:51 PM on 08/13/2010

And you misspelled her name. Fakih, not Rakih.

[Shzron1946]

03:47 PM on 08/13/2010

I love this young woman! She defines herself very well, does not let others define her, and is very mannerable and personable--and professional!--as well as being quite beautiful. Go Rima!! This Detroiter supports you all the way!

[ctekin]

03:04 PM on 08/13/2010

2 things I noticed:

1. She is extremely beautiful.
2. Almost all of what she says is nonsense.

[Hontas Farmer]

06:20 AM on 08/14/2010

I have noticed that men only hear every third word out of the mouth of the beautiful woman. Their too busy focusing on things other than her speech.

[ctekin]

02:08 PM on 08/16/2010

Try not to pain all men with such a broad brush. While this may be true of many men, I like to think that as a gender, we do have some diversity.

[JonShank]

11:04 AM on 08/13/2010

God bless body paints...

[guerline04]

05:06 AM on 08/13/2010

Good luck Ms. USA

[astraia]

11:20 PM on 08/12/2010

wow, she's got a beautiful head of hair. wonder how much of it is real?

[PatrickforO]

02:49 AM on 08/13/2010

Looks like most of it is.

[Shzron1946]

03:49 PM on 08/13/2010

If you knew her--or any Arabic girls, you would not say that.

[Goliadkin]

06:52 PM on 08/12/2010

If she wins, I'm going to run naked through the streets of New York City.

[sski74]

09:54 PM on 08/12/2010

Be careful, Enrique!

[JamesSin]

07:53 PM on 08/14/2010

Be a dear and do it through the Hasidic part of Brooklyn.

[mamacat]

06:46 PM on 08/12/2010

In other words, "Show me the money!"

[ayisha]

06:29 PM on 08/12/2010

what ever happened to the days when these pageants were about promoting the smart, pretty girl-next-door type? i guess naked pole-dancing will now be the talent of choice for the top 10 finalists.

[skullman]

12:13 AM on 08/13/2010

Yeah, isn't it great?

[Neutralino]

08:32 AM on 08/13/2010

I was just thinking the very same thing!

Remember old-style beauty queens like Anita Bryant? Rima Fakih is a huge, huge, HUGE upgrade! HUUUUUGGGGGEEEE!

(extra credit points awarded for recognizing my Donald Trump impersonation.)

[the-lexicon]

10:01 AM on 08/13/2010

I'm trying to imagine ANY time or place where this woman Rima Fakih wouldn't be at the very pinnacle of the list.

Can't.