Nadine Nassib Njeim

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Nadine Nassib Njeim
نادين نسيب نجيم
Njeim in 2019
Born	(1984-02-07) 7 February 1984 (age 40) Beirut, Lebanon
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)^{[citation needed]}
Spouse	Hady Asmar (m. 2012; div. 2019)
Children	2
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Lebanon 2004
Hair color	Black^{[citation needed]}
Eye color	Brown^{[citation needed]}
Major competition(s)	Miss Lebanon 2004 (Winner) Miss World 2004 (unplaced) Miss Universe 2005 (unplaced)

Nadine Nassib Njeim (Arabic: نادين نسيب نجيم; born 7 February 1984) is a Lebanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Lebanon 2004.^[1] She represented Lebanon at Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand.

Background

Njeim was born in Beirut to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father, Nassib Njeim, originally from Duris, and a Tunisian Muslim mother.^[2]^[3] In 2017 she married Hady Asmar, and together they have two children.^[4] They divorced in September 2019.^[5]

Acting

Njeim has pursued a career in acting, and has been cast in Law and Cello, Samra, 3eshk El Nesa, Nos Yawm, Al Hayba, Tareeq, Khamse w Noss and 2020. She was the first Arab nominated fo Best Actress at the Seoul International Film Festival for her performance in Samra.^[6]

Njeim starred only in series one of Al Hayba, not the following seasons because her role as a woman on the show conformed to gender stereotypes and she wanted her character to be more physically active.^[7]

Social views and controversy

In in a 2012 interview on Future TV, Njeim's expressed her views on premarital sex and gender equality. She said "I want women to stay women. If they equate me with a man, I’d feel like a man. I don’t want to. I want to stay a woman."^[8] In response to the backlash she received in 2016 when a clip of interview resurfaced, Njeim stated that she believed the content of the resurfaced clip had been purposely edited to discredit her. She said she supported women's rights and that her message promoted gender equality.^[9]