Cute Miss USA Rima Fakih had a pizza in the run-up to the Miss Universe 2010 competition

Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih of Dearborn

Cute Miss USA Rima Fakih a strict diet in the run-up to the Miss Universe 2010 competition

Rima Fakih is a food-lover's kind of pageant queen. Asked how she felt about being crowned Miss USA, she said: "Ask me after I've had a pizza." After her victory 'za, Fakih is back on a strict diet in the run-up to the Miss Universe competition on August 23, but she's already excited about the prospect of downing some post-pageant French fries. "I'm just thinking to myself, August 24, August 24," she says. "It's always good to look ahead." Fakih grew up eating Mediterranean food at her father's now-closed Upper East Side restaurant, Maryum's Kitchen. "We had one of the best Greek salads, we had really good hummus," she recalls. "When I met the Miss USA security guards, they were like, 'We know that restaurant! It's great!'"

Find out what she ate this week in the latest installment of the New York Diet ?

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