On the subject of the planned Park51 Islamic community center in New York , Fakih stated , " I totally agree with President Obama with the statement on the constitutional rights of freedom of religion . But it should n't be so close to the World Trade Center . We should be more concerned with the tragedy than religion . " As holder of the Miss USA title , Fakih represented the United States in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant , held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on August 23 . Fakih did not place as a semi-finalist and was the first Miss USA since Shauntay Hinton , Miss USA 2002 , to not place at the Miss Universe pageant
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