A Christian Arab has won Israel's first transgender beauty pageant.

Talleen Abu Hanna - the winner of Israel's first transgender beauty pageant - is a Christian Arab.

Clashes between different faiths in the country have often made headlines.

"Our country allowed me, a Christian Arab from Nazareth, to end the war between my soul and my body. So if it made peace for me, our country is only a country of peace," Hanna said.

She will represent Israel at the Miss Trans Star International pageant in Barcelona this September.

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