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Miss Universe organization disputes reports of Saudi Arabia’s participation in 2024 pageant
The Miss Universe Organization is disputing a flurry of what it calls “false and misleading” reports of Saudi Arabia’s participation in its 2024 pageant — news that, were it true, would have marked the Middle Eastern country’s debut.
“No selection process has been conducted in Saudi Arabia, and any such claims are false and misleading,” the pageant said in a statement provided to CNN and released on its official website.
“While Saudi Arabia is not yet among those countries fully confirmed (as) participating this year, we are currently undergoing a rigorous vetting process qualifying a potential candidate to be awarded the franchise and assigned national director,” the statement continued. “Saudi Arabia will not have this opportunity to join our prestigious pageant until this is final and confirmed by our approval committee.”
In social media posts shared to Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, among other platforms, on March 24, Saudi Arabian model and veteran beauty queen Rumy al-Qahtani wrote that she was “honored” to be competing at the Miss Universe pageant, and noted that her apparent selection marked a first for her home country. The post featured images of her wearing a sequined evening gown, glamorous tiara and sash embroidered with “Miss Universe Saudi Arabia.”
Al-Qahtani’s announcement was widely-shared on social media and in news reports; it remains on her social media profiles despite the Miss Universe pageant now challenging its veracity. (In videos shared on her TikTok page since the pageant’s statement was released, al-Qahtani does not address the issue.)
“We do not know the reason why Miss Rumy al-Qahtani announced her candidacy, but if she wants to participate in the Saudi Arabia pageant, she will have to go through the same selection process as every other candidate,” a Miss Universe spokesperson told CNN.
Al-Qahtani could not be reached for comment.
Th December 22nd, 1953 Gregor Fisher is a Scottish actor. Born Gregor McKenzie in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, he studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he began his acting career on television, with roles in sitcoms including Scotch & Wry, Foxy Lady and Baldy Man. His most enduring role was that of Rab. C. Nesbitt from the eponymous series, a part which he played intermittently from 1988 – 2014. Fisher also appeared in the films, Nighteen Eighty-Four, Love, Actually and Whiskey Galore, where he played the leading role of Joseph Macroon. Fisher appeared as Grandpa Potts in the stage musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and sang on a number of occasions in the television series Empty, where played the character of Jacky Allen. Gregor Fisher
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A Celebration of
Great Opening Lines
in World Literature
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Becoming Kareem:Growing Up On and Off the Court (2017)
I didn’t realize I was black until third grade.
Memoirs from sports figures rarely begin with memorable openings, but this first sentence from one of the sports world’s most interesting and articulate figures is a refreshing exception. It begins the book’s first chapter, titled “How I Discovered I was Black.“
Abdul-Jabaar continued: “Although I was born in the predominantly black community of Harlem in 1947, I was raised in a multiethnic housing project in the Inwood section of Manhattan. Our project consisted of seven buildings, each fourteen stories tall, with twelve apartments on each floor. That totaled 1,176 apartments. Basically, a small, crowded city.“
Jane Addams
Twenty Years at Hull House(1910)
On the theory that our genuine impulses may be connected with our childish experiences, that one’s bent may be tracked back to that “No-Man’s Land” where character is formless but nevertheless settling into lines of future development, I begin this record with some impressions of my childhood.
Some modern readers may find these words a bit too formal or old-fashioned, but I can’t read them without admiring the beautiful phrasing. Read it again—slowly this time, and pausing after each comma to let the words sink in—and I think you will know what I mean. I first read this opening paragraph many, many decades ago, and one phrase in particular—where character is formless but nevertheless settling into lines of future development—still comes to mind when I observe prepubescent children.
James Agee
“Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” in The Partisan Review (June, 1938)
We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.
This is the opening line—the brilliant opening line, I might add—to a p
Grant Fisher
Canadian-born American distance runner (born 1997)
For the politician, see Grant U. Fisher.
Fisher running at the 2019 Millrose Games | |
| Birth name | Grant Jackson Fisher |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | (1997-04-22) April 22, 1997 (age 27) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Home town | Grand Blanc, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Track, cross country |
| Event(s) | Middle-, Long-distance running |
| College team | Stanford Cardinal |
| Turned pro | 2019 |
| Coached by | Mike Scannell |
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| Updated on August 10, 2024 | |
Grant Jackson Fisher (born April 22, 1997) is an American middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 3000 m and 5000 m. Fisher also holds American records in the 3000 m, two mile, and 10,000 m events. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Fisher won bronze medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m, becoming the first American to medal in both events at an Olympic Games.
In high school, Fisher was named Gatorade Player of the Year for cross country for the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 seasons. On June 4, 2015, he became the seventh American high school student to run a mile under four minutes. He competed for Stanford University from 2015 to 2019, where he was an 12-time All-American. At the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he won the 5000 m, becoming the first American underclassman to do so in 28 years. Fisher has competed professionally for Nike since 2019.
Personal life
Grant Fisher was born in Calgary, Alberta, on April 22, 1997, to Dan and Sonia Fisher. He h