SAN DIEGO — Zhala Tawfiq claims in Superior Court that she entered and won Bessmon Kalasho’s Miss Middle East Beauty Pageant USA in 2016, but he never paid her the advertised $2,000 prize, and doctored her head onto Instagram pictures of nude women the day he knew she was leaving on a trip to the Middle East.
Subscribe to our free newsletters
Our weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.

