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Beauty Contest Fraud

A claims in Superior Court that she entered and won thebMiss Middle East Beauty Pageant USA in 2016, but was never paid the advertised $2,000 prize, and her head was doctored onto Instagram pictures of nude women the day she was leaving on a trip to the Middle East.

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.

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