 For most parts of the Middle East , bikinis are either banned or is highly controversial . In 1966 , In 1973 , when Lebanese magazine Ash @-@ Shabaka printed a bikini @-@ clad woman on the cover they had to make a second version with only the face of the model . In 2011 , Huda <unk> ( Miss Earth 2011 ) , when she posed for the cover of Lilac ( based in Israel ) became the first bikini @-@ clad Arab model on the cover of an Arabic magazine . 
