Faisal Shahzad or Rima Fakih: The Choice of Identity

Last week, I wrote a post on the micro effects of Faisal Shahzad’s failed terror attack in Times Square. Today, I came across another news item, which made me wonder about my observations in the last post. If Faisal Shahzad can make many American Muslims feel nervous about their religious identity, could Rima Fakih make them feel proud in any way?
Rima Fakih, who is of Lebanese Muslim descent, has been crowned Miss USA 2010.
Is Rima Fakih’s achievement a symbol of American liberalism or is she the face of ‘modern’ ‘American’ Muslims?