Sarah Fasha

Sarah Fasha
سارة فاشا
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hometown Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height 1.676 m (5 ft 6 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Egypt 2013 Queen of the Universe Pageant
Major
competition(s)

Queen of the Universe Pageant 2013 Sarah Fasha's channel on YouTube

Official Sarah FashaIMDB

Sarah Fasha (Arabic: سارة فاشا‎‎) is an Egyptian-American actress, motivational speaker, winner of Miss Egypt in the Queen of the Universe Pageant 2013,[1][2][3] and YouTuber. She is a first generation American mostly known for her viral success in Egypt after winning her pageant title as well as her acting projects in the United States.

Family

Fasha belongs to an artistic family. Her grandfather, Taher Abou Fasha[4] (Arabic طاهر أبو فاشا) is an Egyptian writer and poet. He is best known for his dramatic writing for radio, having written over 800 episodes of Arabian Nights (Arabic ألف ليلة وليلة). He also wrote songs for the singing legend Umm Kulthum (Arabic أم كلثوم) as well as having written for television shows such as "Fawazir Ramadan" (Arabic فوازير رمضان) (translates as Ramadan puzzles).

Filmography

Fasha has performed in films and TV series, including:

Year Title Role
2010 Second World: Blood, Fire and Smoke Feluzia
2010 Lust Kunk Fu Monk the Singer
2013 A Temporary Thing (video short) Samantha
2013 The Man Behind the Curtain Anna
2014 Unspeakable Indiskreshunns Brandy
2015 Boosted Lyfe Sheryl
2015 Dig Dr. Aisha Khouri

Queen of the Universe Pageant 2013

After Fasha participated in the 2013 Queen of the Universe Pageant as Miss Egypt,[5] she came under attack on social media, with some people claiming that Fasha had inappropritately stated she was winner of the Miss Egypt title for 2013. Fasha publicly clarified that she never claimed this title on behalf of Egypt's official pageant, adding that Egypt did not even hold a Miss Egypt Pageant in 2013. She said she had stated from the beginning that she was Miss Egypt from the Queen of the Universe Pageant in Beverly Hills.

She was criticized for having served in the U.S. military, not being beautiful enough for a beauty pageant, and not being "Egyptian enough". "Beauty pageants aren't just about beauty, they are also about morals, ethics, accomplishments and more," she said in response. She was also quoted as saying she wanted to be "a voice for Egyptian women and children, as well as for other countries around the world."[6][7][8]

Projects and events

Sarah Fasha at TEDx

As of January 2015, Fasha was the main motivational speaker for the TEDxBenha event in Egypt and gave a talk titled "Who’s Qualified To Judge You & Why You Probably Shouldn’t Care."[9]

She was the main speaker of the event[10][11][12]

YouTube

Fasha released a video in 2014 entitled "Support Egypt with a Fun Dance" during the Egyptian president election which was viewed over 200 thousand times. Her last video "Wet to Dry Flat Iron Tutorial GONE WRONG FAIL" was featured in articles by the website of Sofía Vergara, Flama, many national Egyptian newspapers and she has appeared in television show Right This Minute.[13][14]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2013 Queen of the Universe Pageant Representative for Egypt Miss Egypt Won
2014 World Music & Independent Film Festival Busted Life Best Actress Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Queen of the Universe Pageant Official Page
  2. ↑ "Beauty or beast? 'Miss Egypt' 2013 gets mixed reactions". Alarabiya.net.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Fasha, la miss che divide l'Egitto". Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  4. ↑ Al masry al youm newspaper
  5. ↑ "Sarah Fasha Wins Title of Miss Egypt in Queen of the Universe Pageant," Splash Magazine
  6. ↑ Al Arabiya News: "Beauty or Beast? 'Miss Egypt' 2013 Gets Mixed Reactions" Dec. 10, 2013
  7. ↑ "How Egyptian Sarah Fasha is a Revolutinary Beauty Queen" Dec. 6, 2013
  8. ↑ "CairoScene: Sarah Fasha"
  9. ↑ TEDxBenha Talk to feature Miss Egypt (QOTU) & Actress SARAH FASHA, As A Special Guest Speaker
  10. ↑ Veto Gate: TEDxbenha invited Sarah Fasha to speak about her experience
  11. ↑ El Youm7: Sarah Fasha the main speaker at TEDx event 2015
  12. ↑ Zoom News: Sarah Fasha special guest at TEDx conference 2015
  13. ↑ Right this minute
  14. ↑ Flama
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