{"id":21382,"date":"2013-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/21382\/miss-lebanon-used-to-be-just-like-you"},"modified":"2023-05-25T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:07:37","slug":"miss-lebanon-used-to-be-just-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/21382\/miss-lebanon-used-to-be-just-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Lebanon Used to Be Just Like You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember back in the day when everyone was cute and looks never counted?<\/p>\n

Yeah, I can’t remember that far back either.<\/p>\n

But judging by this naturally instagram’ed photo (I’m sure hipsters are loving it), it appears that Rina Chibany and her sister were in fact once human. Not that they aren’t anymore of course, but they’re a whole lot of gorgeous now. And really, can models even be classified as human?<\/p>\n

Anyways, back to the point…. Miss Lebanon and her sis (the first runner-up) were absolutely adorable\u2014I mean just check out those matching outfits\u2014as children. But then again, so are most children….. I love kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember back in the day when everyone was cute and looks never counted?<\/p>\n

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