November 17, 2021 8:34 PM

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86-year-old crowned 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' in Israeli beauty pageant

<span style="color: #222222;">An 86-year-old great-grandmother has crowned Miss Holocaust Survivor on Tuesday in an annual Israeli beauty pageant designed to honour women who endured the horrors of the Nazi genocide.<br />'' <br />'' Ten contestants – ranging in age from 79 to 90 – trod the catwalk at a museum in Jerusalem, their hair styled and make-up applied and dressed to the nines with sashes adorning their gowns.<br />'' <br />'' Organizers of the contest, which was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, say it bestows glamour and respect on a dwindling number of Jewish women whose youth was stolen during World War Two but who went on to build new lives in Israel.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Tuesday's winner, Salina Steinfeld, was born in Romania, where she survived Nazi attacks before moving to Israel in 1948, organizers said. Other contestants included a woman born in Yugoslavia who survived the Rab concentration camp in modern-day Croatia. </span><br />

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