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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miriam</span> Sister of Moses and Aaron

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There's Something About Miriam was a British reality television show filmed in 2003, created by Remy Blumenfeld and Gavin Hay and originally broadcast in the United in February 2004. Hosted by Tim Vincent, it featured six men wooing 21-year-old Mexican model Miriam Rivera without revealing that she was transgender until the final episode.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miriam Margolyes</span> British-Australian Actress

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Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany.

<i>The Hunger</i> (1983 film) 1983 supernatural horror film directed by Tony Scott

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Miriam was the sister of Moses in the Bible.

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Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy is a common name in several countries.

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Miriam Rivera, known by the mononym Miriam, was a Mexican-born transgender model and TV personality, who resided in New York City, who became known for starring on the British reality television show There's Something About Miriam and guesting on Big Brother Australia 2004. She became recognized as the first openly transgender reality television star. Rivera also modelled and, using the name Victoria, performed in pornography.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miriam Ziegler</span> Austrian figure skater

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Fly by Night is a stage musical written by Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock, and conceived by Kim Rosenstock.
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In Mandaean scriptures, Miriai or Meryey was a Jewish woman who converted to Mandaeism. Miriai is one of the most important figures in the Mandaean Book of John, which contains detailed stories and speeches of Miriai in chapters 34 and 35. Miriai lived in a Jewish village next to a Mandaean village in Palestine during the first century CE. According to the Mandaean Book of John, she was a contemporary of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.