Nadine Nassib Njeim (Arabic: نادين نسيب نجيم‎; born 7
February 1984) is a half Lebanese and Tunisian actress and beauty
pageant titleholder who was elected Miss Lebanon 2004. She represented
her home country in Miss Universe 2005 in Lebanon.Njeim was born in
Beirut to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father, Nassib Njeim,
originally from Duris, and a Tunisian mother. She married Hady Asmar
and together they have two children, a daughter and a son. She
divorced Asmar in September 2019.In 2016, Njeim’s views on
premarital sex and gender equality, expressed in a 2012 interview on
Future TV, became controversial. She said, inter alia: "I want women
to stay women. If they equate me with a man, I’d feel like a man. I
don’t want to. I want to stay a woman."In response to the backlash
she received, Njeim stated in another interview that she believes the
content of the resurfaced clip had been purposely edited to discredit
her. She said she supported women's rights and that her message
promoted gender equality.
February 1984) is a half Lebanese and Tunisian actress and beauty
pageant titleholder who was elected Miss Lebanon 2004. She represented
her home country in Miss Universe 2005 in Lebanon.Njeim was born in
Beirut to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father, Nassib Njeim,
originally from Duris, and a Tunisian mother. She married Hady Asmar
and together they have two children, a daughter and a son. She
divorced Asmar in September 2019.In 2016, Njeim’s views on
premarital sex and gender equality, expressed in a 2012 interview on
Future TV, became controversial. She said, inter alia: "I want women
to stay women. If they equate me with a man, I’d feel like a man. I
don’t want to. I want to stay a woman."In response to the backlash
she received, Njeim stated in another interview that she believes the
content of the resurfaced clip had been purposely edited to discredit
her. She said she supported women's rights and that her message
promoted gender equality.
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