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Second time’s the charm for Lujane Yacoub. The actress, dancer and model has won the Miss Universe Bahrain 2023 crown a year after she placed second at the annual beauty pageant.
Yacoub, 19, was also the youngest contestant at the event, live-streamed on Saturday night from the Mirihi Island Resort in the Maldives. She beat eight other contestants to the title, and will now represent Bahrain at the global Miss Universe pageant in November.
Born to a Bahraini father and American mother, Yacoub impressed the judges with her “beauty, authentic…