Congrats to Christine, who won the Miss Lebanon Emmigrant for the East Coast last night at Kababji Grill in DC. It was a great event with Lebanese dancing and food. From kababs to the dabke' folk dancing, this evening was all about being a proud Lebanese.
There were 11 contestants for this first-annual event and I was surprised to find out that some of them had traveled as far New York to be there. In my opinion it was a gutsy move but a reminder of just how important these events can be to our younger pageant hopefuls.
A special thanks to Grace Farrah who put the event together for this year. In addition, to all of the sponsors. Hopefully next year the East Coast will witness one that is larger than life;) Nothing that a little bit of advertising can't fix.
FYI..I'm all for running a Texas pageant for the Southern region in 2011;) It's time we crown a new contestant and send her off in style for the August event oversees... Great idea and concept...hope it sticks, let me know!
Oh and FYI, the spelling is correct for Emmigrant. I thought it was wrong as well but apparently that is how the pageant folks refer to it grammatically.
