A Pageant Peace Sign
There’s something decidedly unkosher about the new Miss Israel. Rana Raslan, 21, is the first Arab to win the country’s beauty crown. Raslan, an aspiring kindergarten teacher, says she doesn’t see herself as a political statement in a swimsuit, and she doesn’t think the Jewish judges did either. “They wanted a beauty queen, not a political queen,” she says. Mazel tov to everyone.
A Dance for Charles, a Song for Camilla
Ture, it takes two to tan-go, but they don’t have to both enjoy it. On a trip to Argentina last week, Prince Charles found himself in the arms–and legs–of sultry professional dancer Adriana Vasile. By the aggrieved look on his face, you’d think Chuck was stuck dancing with Princess Margaret. Or maybe he was praying that Camilla Parker Bowles wouldn’t catch him. Fortunately for Charles, the royal mistress was otherwise occupied–at a fashion show, of all places. The famously dowdy Camilla–dubbed “The Rottweiler” by Diana–was attending the Chloe show in Paris. Her visit was reportedly a surprise, but someone must have known she was coming. The show’s musical theme: “Killer Queen.”
The Name Game
Why do famous people insist on giving their children weird names? In the last month, three more celebrities have saddled their babies with nonsensical nomenclature: Spice Girl Melanie Brown selected Phoenix for her daughter, followed shortly by fellow Spice Victoria Adams, who chose Brooklyn for her son because he was conceived in New York. Last week CNN’s Larry King named his son Chance because he and his wife, Shawn Southwick-King, met by chance outside Tiffany & Co. If only they’d had a girl.
