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An 86yearold greatgrandmother whorsquos seen the ugliest of humanity during the Holocaust is now an officially minted beautycontest winner Armed with her fiery red hair gold ensemble pearl statement necklace and deep rouge lipstick Romanianborn Selina Steinfeldmdashwho survived the horrors of the Nazis as a young girlmdashwas just crowned ldquoMiss Holocaust Survivorrdquo in Israel on TuesdayThe pageant running mostly annually since 2009 by Yad Ezer LrsquoHaver or ldquoHelping Handrdquo a local foundation that provides services to Holocaust survivors is meant to honour and recognise living Holocaust survivors now in their 70s 80s and 90s who were robbed of any normal childhood when their lives were shockingly upended in Europe With 400 entrants whittled down to 10 finalists it was the first live pageant since 2018Steinfeld survived mass massacres of Jews growing up in Romania but later immigrated to Israel in 1948 PicAFPFounder Shimon Sabag acknowledged the seemingly jarring juxtaposition of parading elderly Holocaust survivors in a pageant but soon saw the beauty in it according to the Daily Beast ldquoIt seemed odd women in their 80s and 90s but I came to realise that they could do it no less than a girl of 18rdquo said Sabag ldquoIt is not a competition of outward beauty but one in which each competitor says lsquoI was in Lodz I managed to survive and raise a family I volunteer I feel that I vanquished the Nazis and Irsquom alive and kickingrsquo It gives them a drive for liferdquoldquoI have no words to express my happinessrdquo said Haifa Israelbased winner Steinfeld who according to the Times of Israel said she hopes to ldquolead the people of Israel to beauty and goodnessrdquo Steinfeld survived mass roundups and massacres of Jews growing up in Romania but later immigrated to Israel in 1948 For founder Sabag itrsquos still a mitzvah to honour these women considering that only an estimated 195000 survivors are still alive according to the United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumTeddy comes home after a yearSixyearold reunited with soft toy she lost in Glacier National ParkA little girl who lost a special teddy bear shersquod had since being adopted froman Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last yearThanks to a social media plea the sharp eyes and soft heart of a park ranger and the closure of a hiking trail because of grizzly bear activity on the same day a family friend visited the park the teddy bear is back in the arms of sixyearold Naomi Pascal in Jackson Wyoming The bearrsquos return has earned 12000 likes on the Glacier National Park Facebook pageHave you got the skillsA Class XII Kashmiri boy is breaking the Internet with his exceptional football tricks Shah Huzaib 18 hailing from the Budgam district of Kashmir has caught everyonersquos attention with his jawdropping football skills and his trick shots Rising to fame as a lsquotrickshot artistersquo he has been nurturing his skills since 2016How long should hugs bePsychologists at the Goldsmiths University of London have revealed key aspects of the ideal hug including the optimal time length and style of a squeeze They found that a longer hugmdashbetween five and 10 secondsmdashdelivered a more positive impact compared to shorter ones They also learned that arm positioning did not matterCow escapes death ends up on a water slideA mischievous cow appears to have escaped from a slaughterhouse in Brazil and found its way into a nearby water park Though it managed to evade death the huge animal risked collapsing on a tall flume which it awkwardly trotted down on its kneesMillionaire dog sells Madonnarsquos ex villaGunther the German Shepherd had a ldquomeetingrdquo with the real estate agents selling his Miami mansion that his handlers bought from Madonna He also wore his best faux diamond dog collar for the meetingMan earns PhD at 89 becomes a physicistAn 89yearold Rhode Island man has achieved a goal he spent two decades working towards and nearly a lifetime thinking aboutmdashearning his PhD and becoming a physicist Manfred Steiner recently defended his dissertation successfully at Brown University in ProvidenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever