Miss Palestine's Shocking Pageant Bombshell Exposed

Nadeen Ayoub, the 27-year-old fitness guru dubbing herself the first-ever Miss Palestine, is strutting into the spotlight amid a whirlwind of secrets, scandals, and some seriously shady family ties.

Ayoub, a Dubai-based instructor with U.S. and Canadian passports, isn't your average contestant. She's the self-appointed head of the Miss Palestine Organization (talk about crowning yourself queen - no actual pageant required!). She previously slayed at Miss Earth 2022, nabbing second runner-up and the "Miss Earth-Water" sash.

But fast-forward to now, and her Miss Universe debut is less about glamour and more about hidden agendas, thanks to a jaw-dropping family revelation: Ayoub's been keeping her 2016 marriage to Sharaf Barghouti under wraps.

Sharaf just happens to be the son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian terror kingpin serving five life sentences in Israel for masterminding shocking terror attacks during the Second Intifada that killed Israelis back in 2001-2002.

Marwan is alsos the founder of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, branded a terror group by the U.S., EU, Israel, and more. He's doing time for murder convictions, because he is a vicious, evil murderer.

Sleuths dug up old social media gems: wedding pics, family shoutouts, and even congrats on their son (born around 2019, named Marwan Sharaf Marwan Al-Barghouti).

Ayoub scrubbed her digital trail like a pro, deleted accounts (@nadeenayo, @nadeenayfitness), vanished posts about "surprise flowers from my groom-to-be," and zero mentions on her current Insta (@nadeenm.ayoub). Family's mum on whether she's still hitched or parenting, dodging with "private matter" excuses. Sketchy much?

This bombshell has ignited a firestorm.

Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli wasn't impressed, while Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz demanded Ayoub's disqualification over those "terror ties" and oh, remember, pre-2023 pageant rules would've booted her for being married with a kid anyway.

Ayoub's firing back by weaponizing her platform: "Miss Universe is huge... No one should be silent about the injustice in Gaza." Her national costume? Al-Aqsa Mosque and Church of the Holy Sepulchre for "unity" – but no Western Wall. Coincidence? We think not.

And let's not forget the viral beef: That infamous "side-eye" clip from prelims, where it looked like Shiraz was death-staring Ayoub. It exploded on TikTok, with Bella Hadid amplifying the drama, leading to vile threats against Shiraz, stuff like "I want to rape and kill you" or hostage fate wishes.

Shiraz debunked it with receipts: "Not even looking her way. manufactured BS, possibly AI-tweaked." She called out the antisemitism surge: "I experienced it before, but not this bad."

This isn't their first clash. The Times of Israel explained that Nadeen posted (then deleted) about "innocent children" killed in the conflict, including photos of Israeli hostages Ariel and Kfir Bibas, but mislabeled them as Palestinian victims born in "Palestine."

Shiraz fired back: "These children were Israeli... To present them otherwise is a deliberate distortion."

Nadeen's also called the Gaza situation a "genocide" and inflated death tolls in posts, fueling the fire.

This whole mess ties into broader Israel-Palestine tensions, with the pageant becoming a proxy battleground (remember the 2017 Miss Iraq-Miss Israel selfie that led to threats?). Nadeen's participation itself is political, Palestine isn't universally recognized, and she delayed entering after October 7, 2023, to focus on Gaza "advocacy".

Critics say it's "weaponizing beauty" for propaganda, while Miss Universe hasn't commented