Did you watch the 2009 Miss America Pageant? If you watched it you know who won, and that’s Miss Indiana, Katie Stam. But aside from the big night, one of the highlights of the pageant was the Swimsuit Competition. I hope you saw the event because you’ll just be amazed by how different this year’s competition really is from the previous years.

Photos of Miss America 2009

Lebanese American University (LAU) had recently ran a survey about the best Lebanese entertainment and media stars of the year and the results of this survey were as follows:

Best male Lebanese singer: Fares Karam
Best female Lebanese singer: Nancy Ajram
Best Lebanese Artist/ Singer: Marwan Khouri
Best Rising Star: Josef Attieh

Rest of the results and photos after the jump

Jordan's radio station Play 99.6 is holding a charity concert in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
the concert will be held on Jan. 17th at The Courtyard with the participation of Palestinian groups Ramallah Underground, Checkpoint 303 and Jordanian Humam Ammari.
All proceedings from ticket sales will be donated to the people of Gaza.

There were rumors that the annual Hala Febraier festival in Kuwait would be canceled due to the unfortunate events in Gaza.
Those rumors remain rumors, because it has been announced that the festival won't be canceled and part of its proceedings will be donated to Gaza and it's steadfast people.

It has also been reported that in the case of the attacks on Gaza continuing through February, then the cancellation will be considered!

In spite of the tragic events in Gaza and despite the cancellation of most New Year's eve bashes across the Arab world, some stars thought it would be a better idea to go on with their concerts and sing the night away, ushering in 2009 with music and dancing!
Tamer Hosni was one of those who opted to go ahead and perform.
Tamer held a bash, that went on until the wee hours of the morning, at the Semiramis hotel in Cairo.
That same night, in City Stars, Assi Hilani, Dina Hayek and Jannat partied 2008 away!!

We would like to thank all our friends and visitors for their unyielding support throughout 2008.
Thank you for visiting Waleg.com and thank you for posting your comments and sharing your opinion with us.
Wish you all a wonderful New Year 2009, may it be a better year for all of us and may it bare joy and luck and health for you and all your loved ones.
We hope this year will bring peace to the world, because that's something we don't have enough of! God knows the world and it's peoples need more peace and tranquility.
Here's my advice to all you out there, something that we should all follow in 2009, maybe this should be our resolution this time around:

Whine less, Breathe more
Talk less, Say more
Hate less, Love more
and all good things ...

Happy New Year 2009

Merry Christmas from all of us at Waleg.com to you!
May this Holiday season bring you and your loved ones lots of joy, good luck and health.
May peace prevail and wars come to an end. Lord knows our troubled world needs some tranquility!
May poverty be overcome and hatred disappear ... I know it's a lot to ask for, but never lose hope!

Because Christmas brings family and friends together, enjoy it and cherish every moment.
Merry Christmas.

On New Year's Eve, singers hold concerts all over the world and Arabic singers are no exception!
Where will your favorite singers party on Dec. 31st? Well, here's a glimpse;
If you're in Beirut, then you're in luck because there are so many concerts to choose from!
Fadel Shaker and Shireen will be partying at Bayal complex in down town Beirut, while Najwa Karam, George Wassuf and Melhem Zein will be at the Habtour Hotel.
If you're a fan of Fares Karam, he'll be holding two parties that night, one at Castel Mare Beach Hotel & Resort in Jbeil and the other at Movenpick Beirut.
Nawal Zoghbi will be sharing a night with Ayman Zabib and Bassem Faghali at the Byblos Palace in Jbeil.

Tonight South Africa, Johannesburg held Miss World 2008. It was an event with so much culture involved a taste of Africa that brought 109 nations together. 109 beautiful women from around the world competed for the title.

As a Lebanese living in South Africa I was glad to see a Lebanese participant, as well as an Egyptian participant. Two ladies from the Arab world took part, but unfortunately neither was chosen for the semi finals...
There were 15 girls who were chosen, Miss, Trinidad-Tobago, Angola, Russia, South Africa, USA, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and 7 others...
The first 5 girls were chosen before the show, this time they had a twist they held various events to help chose the first 5 semi finalists and they were as follows, miss top model, miss sports, miss best designer dress and miss charity, and miss talent.

On this very happy occasion, we at WALEG would like to wish you all a very Happy Eid!
This is our 5th year celebrating Eid Adha with you guys and it has been a very beautiful 5 years.
We'd like to wish all Muslims around the world a joyous Eid, and we extend our wishes to everyone else who isn't celebrating the Eid today, we also wish you a wonderful day and may all your coming days be happily festive!
It's also nice to remember that Christmas is only a couple of weeks away and the New Year 2009 is very near!
May peace prevail on the face of this earth and may all unfortunate people find hope and a helping hand that will end their torment.

Happy Eid Adha 2008!

Saturday night was a night to remember for 19-year-old Chloe Mortaud!
In a huge event held in Le Puy du Fou in western France, Chloe, which comes from Albigeois-Midi Pyrénées and whose role model is actress Halle Berry, was crowned Miss France 2009 after she competed with 36 other beautiful French girls!
Chloe came up as a finalist with 4 other girls who have been named her runner-ups!
1st runner up Miss Lorraine, 2nd runner up Miss Pays de Loire, 3rd runner up Miss Mayotte and 4th runner up Miss Bretagne.

Photos of Miss France 2009

Congratulations Chloe! More about Chloe after the jump ...

How much do you really know about AIDS?
Today marks the 20th World AIDS Day and this calls to pause and think and understand what AIDS really is and how much people it's affected throughout the world.
Did you know that 33,2 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and that 2,5 million of them are children? Want more? 1,000 children around the world are infected by HIV every day. That's no small number!
These numbers should be a wake-up call to every single person, no matter where you're living or what your background is, you should be aware of the causes and risks, because not only poor nations or homosexual individuals or drug users are at risk, but you are as well.
Some people in our part of the world; Middle East and North Africa, get offended if they're told to get tested for HIV! The test should become as common as getting a blood test for cholesterol!

After a star studded red carpet arrival for the huge opening ceremony of Jumaira Palm Beach Atlantis Resort, Lebanese singer Nawal Zoghbi kicked off the night with a unique performance.
Nawal, who donned a beautiful, floor length, strapless sparkling dress, performed three of her most popular songs for the a-listers who attended the invite-only ceremony!
Nawal sang 'Leh Mushtaalak, Beinak and Einek Kadabeen' for VIP's from around the world!