Turns out a Jewish woman was Miss Germany in 2011

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Turns out a Jewish woman was Miss Germany in 2011

Last week, the story of a Jewish woman competing in the Miss Germany competition went viral, appearing in JTA along with media outlets around the world. Tamar Morali, 21, said organizers told her she was the first Jewish woman to get this far in the beauty pageant.

It turns out the story — and the world of beauty pageants in general — isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

In 2011, a Jewish woman, Valeria Bystritskaia, was crowned Miss Germany. But out of fear of antisemitism, Bystritskaia, a Russia native who moved to Germany at the age of 7, kept her Jewish heritage a secret.

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