Rosemary Hakim: A Life Too Big to Forget
Publicity photo taken by the American Consul in Beirut in August 1955. In 1954, Rosemary Hakim made history as the first-ever Miss Lebanon-America—but what began as a pageant win quickly became something far more powerful. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Rosemary’s title earned her a months-long, state-sponsored tour of Lebanon