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Haifa Wahbi is a Lebanese singer, actress and model who first came to fame as the runner-up Miss Lebanon in 1995. Her official website describes her style as "a unique combination of simplicity and glamour", which you can sample on You Tube.
She attracts fervent public attention and has drawn the ire of politicians, sometimes having to tone down her performances to be allowed into various parts of the Arab world. Nontheless, she has toured in most past of the Arab world, and beyond.
In 2005 Pepsi announced that she would be a face of the company and in 2006 she performed with 50 Cent in Beiruit.
