Newly crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 Rina Chibany and her twin sister first runner up Romy Chibani

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Rina Chibany holds her tiara after being crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 in Platea venue hosted by LBCI Lebanese Broadcasting 

Rina Chibany holds her tiara after being crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 as she poses with her twin sister

The show started with the 16 contestants parading the stage with their swimwear competition which is half of the total required to qualify for a spot in the top 10. The Lebanese singer and guest star “Wael Kfoury” made his debut with a song from his new album. The Top Ten Finalists were named and had to answer the judges questions as well as the question submitted by the public.

The Top Ten Finalists selected for the competition were:

– Pamela Medawar
– Elsa-maria Stephan
– Krystel Loutfi
– Sabine Gossein
– Marie Loue Nahas
– Romy Chibany
– Rania El Mays
– Caroline Semaan
– Rina Chibany
– Joanne Semaan

Newly crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 Rina Chibany (L) and her twin sister first runner up Romy Chibani, wave to the audience during the Miss Lebanon 2012 pageant in Platea venue, north of Beirut September.

Rina Chibany holds her tiara after being crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 in Platea venue,

Rina Chibany holds her tiara after being crowned Miss Lebanon 2012 as she poses with her twin sister Romy Chibani

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On Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissed concerns over a recent glut of bad swing-state polling that has left him in trouble in the near must-win: Ohio.

"I’m very pleased with some polls, less so with other polls, but frankly at this early stage, polls go up, polls go down," Romney told ABC’s David Muir after a day of round-the-clock campaigning in the Buckeye State. 

Romney will spend the next 40 days campaigning there tirelessly, because the state offers him one of his few clear paths to electoral college victory. Though he only trails by an average of 4 points in national polling, he’ll be hard-pressed to pick up the electoral college votes he needs without Ohio. 

With that in mind, we took a look at where Romney is facing the biggest challenges — and what happens if he doesn’t overcome them.

Florida has become the most troubling state for Romney in recent days, going from pure toss-up to trending more in Obama’s direction.

Obama holds about a 3-point lead over Romney in the RealClearPolitics average of the state, despite the fact that the Republican National Convention was held in Tampa at the end of last month. 

This map shows why Florida is a virtual must-win for Romney. If he loses, he would have to take swing states Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nevada and Virginia to get past 270. That’s an extremely illogical path to victory — especially because two of those states (Ohio and Wisconsin) have moved to the "lean Obama" column on the RCP average.

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