Israel's first transgender beauty pageant

A behind the scenes look at the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian contestants vying for the title of Miss Trans Israel

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)In May, 12 contestants, selected among hundreds of women during three rounds of auditions, competed for the title. And the winner, 21-year-old Ta'alin Abu Hanna, a Chri)

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Oded Balilty))

Caroline Cakebread
Caroline Cakebread

Caroline Cakebread is a web intern for TheWeek.com. Before coming to The Week she was an editorial intern at HGTV Magazine and The San Francisco Public Press. She will graduate from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism in May of 2017.