In November, Naccache will compete in her first international beauty pageant, the Miss Earth contest. The contest will require Naccache to pose in a swimsuit, which many Arab models would never agree to do. When Israeli TV's Channel 10 did a recent story on Naccache, it too focused on the "bikini issue." Text by Deepti Jakhar / Mail Today
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Naccache is, technically speaking, drop dead gorgeous. She is both curvy and model- thin and stands about six feet tall. She has only been modelling for two years and has already grabbed the attention of mainstream Israeli media.
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Although it has dabbled with the risque before, but this is the first time it has a bikini clad model, that too of Israeli origin, on its cover. For the cover of the latest issue, Mashour, the editor of the magazine, reportedly wanted to find a young, strong and sexy model: "a new Arab female." And she found that in Huda Naccache.
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The magazine that started a decade ago has often set out to break stereotypes and challenge the cultural notions in conservative Arab society. The monthly glossy is about women's fashion, health, work, sex and relationships.
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The 22 year old model and Miss Earth 2011, Huda Naccache has broken many taboos by posing in a bikini on the cover of Israeli Arab women's magazine Lilac.
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Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the current flavour of Bollywood, Nargis Fakhri is not the only thing going for Miss Israel 2011, Huda Naccache.
