Huda Naccache (or Huda Nakash, , ) is an Israeli model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the first Arab

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to appear on the cover of an Arabic language magazine in a

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and was Israel's representative to the Miss Earth 2011

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in Philippines in December 2011. Naccache was one of the contestants on Israel's ''Survivor'' seventh season. She made it to the last 7. Naccache is nearly tall and was born in the city of

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in northern

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. Born to an Arab-Christian family, her role as a swimsuit model has stimulated controversy from the Arab community. In 2018, she married Jewish-Israeli musician and sound recordist Roey Mula.

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