Talleen Abu Hanna

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Talleen Abu Hanna
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Born (1994-07-30) 30 July 1994 (age 30)
Nazareth, Northern District, Israel
Occupation(s)model, actress, beauty pageant winner, television personality
Height180 c"m
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Trans Israel 2016
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen [1]
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Trans Israel 2016
(Winner)
Miss Star International 2016
(1st Runner-Up)
Miss Israel 2018 (4th place)

Talleen Abu Hanna (born 30 July 1994) is an Israeli-Arab beauty pageant winner, model, actress, and television personality. In 2016, she was crowned the first-ever Miss Trans Israel and placed first runner-up at Miss Star International. She was a contestant on the Israeli reality television series Big Brother and the reality series Goalstar. In 2018, she competed in Miss Israel.

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Early life

Abu Hanna was born in Nazareth to a Catholic Israeli Arab family. [1] She has two sisters. [2] Abu Hanna grew up in Nazareth and identifies as both Israeli and Palestinian. [1]

Abu Hanna studied dance and theatre as a child. [2] She came out as a transgender woman when she was fourteen years old. [2] Following her coming out, she moved to Tel Aviv in order to transition. [2]

Career

In 2016, she won the first-ever Miss Trans Israel pageant, the first transgender beauty competition in Israel. [1] [3] Abu Hanna was crowned Miss Trans Israel at Habima Theater, Israel's national theater. [4] She went on to represent Israel at Miss Star International in Barcelona in August 2016. [2] [5] She placed first runner-up in the international competition. [6] Following the pageant, she appeared as a contestant on the reality television show Big Brother and on the reality show Goalstar. [7] [8]

On 8 May 2017, Abu Hanna attended a reception at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem and met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. [7] In June 2017, she gave an address at a Pride Month event hosted at the Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C.. [7] She has spoken to transgender youth at shelters in Tel Aviv and at Casa Ruby, an LGBTQ community center in Washington, D.C. [7]

She modeled in an advertisement campaign for the Spanish fashion label Desigual. [6]

In 2018, Abu Hanna competed in the Miss Israel pageant.

On 17 May 2024 Abu Hanna participated in the Cannes International Film Festival. she got a starring role in the film The Belle from Gaza directed by the French director Yolande Zauberman. Abu Hanna became the first trans-Israeli actress in history to star and walk on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Abu Hanna works as a model and actress and teaches dance classes. [1] [9]

Personal life

On 10 October 2016, Abu Hanna underwent gender-affirming surgery at Kamol Cosmetic Hospital in Thailand. [1]

Abu Hanna is a practicing Catholic. [10]

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