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The Ethiopian native was a soldier in Israel when a friend signed her up to compete; now she represents her country on the world stage

You can’t make a lot of assumptions about a Miss Israel — but I was pretty confident she’d like hummus.

I was wrong.

The aversion to Israel’s national chickpea spread is just a symbol of this beauty queen’s contrast to the many Miss Israels before her.

See, Yityish Aynaw, 22, is a native of Ethiopia and the first black woman ever crowned as Israel’s representati

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