Nadine Nassib Njeim (; born 7 February 1984) is a Lebanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Lebanon 2004. She represented Lebanon at Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand.

Background

Njeim was born in

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to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father, Nassib Njeim, originally from Duris, and a Tunisian mother. In 2011 she married Hady Asmar, and together they have two children. They divorced in September 2019.

Acting

Njeim has pursued a career in acting, and has been cast in ''Law'' and ''Cello'', Samra, 3eshk El Nesa, Nos Yawm, Al Hayba, Tareeq, Khamse w Noss and 2020. She was the first Arab nominated fo Best Actress at the Seoul International Film Festival for her performance in Samra. Njeim starred only in series one of Al Hayba, not the following seasons because her role as a woman on the show conformed to gender stereotypes and she wanted her character to be more physically active.

Social views and controversy

In in a 2012 interview on Future TV, Njeim's expressed her views on

premarital sex Premarital sex is sex before marriage. It is an act of sex between two people who are not married to each other. Premarital sex is considered a sin by a number of religions and also considered a moral issue which is taboo in many cultures. S ...

and

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, an ...

. She said "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 in 2016 when a clip of interview resurfaced, Njeim stated that she believed the content of the resurfaced clip had been purposely edited to discredit her. She said she supported

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

and that her message promoted

References

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