Georgina Rizk

Georgina Rizk (Arabic: جورجينا رزق, romanized: Jūrjīnā Rizq) (born 3 January 1953) is a Lebanese model, socialite and beauty queen.

[citation needed] Prior to winning the pageant and at the time of her crowning, she dated a French university chemistry student named Philippe Duc.

[7] Rizk later married Ali Hassan Salameh, a Palestinian who was chief of operations for Black September and founder of Force 17.

"[12] In 1972, at the Lod Airport Massacre in Israel, 17 Puerto Rican tourists, among others, were murdered by Palestine militant terrorists under the banner of the PLO.

As a result, Rizk was forbidden to attend the Miss Universe 1972 in Puerto Rico to crown her successor due to fear of a revenge attack.

[citation needed] In the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s, she was drawn into the conflict when she began a romantic relationship with Palestinian PLO militant and intelligence official Ali Hassan Salameh, who was nicknamed "The Red Prince" due to his lavish lifestyle, and playboy persona.

Yasser Arafat was said to disapprove of their pre-marital relationship because it violated the traditional conservative Arab status quo, and he remained hostile to Rizk due to that.

[13] After her marriage, in keeping with Salameh's traditional Muslim background and conservative Palestinian culture, Rizk quit her modeling and film careers, staying mostly at home.