| Talleen Abu Hanna | |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Nazareth, Northern District, Israel |
| Occupation: | model, actress, beauty pageant winner, television personality |
| Miss Trans Israel 2016 | |
| Nationalcompetition: | Miss Trans Israel 2016 (Winner) Miss Star International 2016 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Israel 2018 (4th place) |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Height: | 180 c"m |
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.
Abu Hanna was born in Nazareth to a Catholic Israeli Arab family.[1] She has two sisters. Abu Hanna grew up in Nazareth and identifies as both Israeli and Palestinian.[1]
Abu Hanna studied dance and theatre as a child. 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]
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]
On 8 May 2017, Abu Hanna attended a reception at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem and met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. In June 2017, she gave an address at a Pride Month event hosted at the Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C..[8] She has spoken to transgender youth at shelters in Tel Aviv and at Casa Ruby, an LGBTQ community center in Washington, D.C.[8]
She modeled in an advertisement campaign for the Spanish fashion label Desigual.[6]
In 2018, Abu Hanna competed in the Miss Israel pageant.
Abu Hanna works as a model and actress and teaches dance classes.[1] [9]
In 2015, Abu Hanna underwent gender-affirming surgery in Thailand.[1]
Abu Hanna is a practicing Catholic.[10]