Khalifa also posted several videos to her Instagram Story, where she commented, \u201cyou\u2019re gonna see a lot of no. 43 at the Olympics\u201d and \u201cglass>courtside.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khalifa, born in Beirut, Lebanon, moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland. In January 2018, she notably met Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin through Fanatics, calling it the \u201cexperience of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMet my hero tonight,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI have never felt like more of a child, but in the presence of someone like @aleksandrovechkinofficial, it\u2019s hard not to be humbled. Thank you, Ovi, for being so patient with me when I was a nervous mess.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khalifa also gave Ovechkin a personal brand shirt inspired by the Capitals\u2019 wordmark logo.<\/p>\n
Ovechkin commented on the experience years later while speaking to rapper Basta.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s actually a hockey fan,\u201d Ovechkin said via the Gazgolder YouTube channel in 2023<\/a>, and as translated via Google Translate. \u201cShe watches Washington. She came by and took photos with all the players. She\u2019s a real hockey fan.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout the years, Khalifa has shown off several different Capitals jerseys she owns, including an Andre Burakovsky sweater. She\u2019s also been to countless Capitals games, even attending a few in the playoffs during the team\u2019s Stanley Cup championship run.<\/p>\n Khalifa was even struck in the chest by a puck during an Eastern Conference Final game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n \u201cI was sitting behind the glass during a game, and it came shooting over the glass, and it caught me so off guard,\u201d Khalifa told the UK\u2019s Daily Star<\/a>. \u201cI got to take it home, it was the single greatest souvenir any hockey fan can get: a game-used puck that comes at you and hits you.\u201d<\/p>\n Khalifa is currently the founder and creative director at Sheytan.World<\/a>, a jewelry and bodywear company she started in 2023. In recent years, Khalifa has gotten involved in the fashion world, walking the runway at both London Fashion Week<\/a> and Barcelona Fashion Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n She is also well known for her advocacy for sex workers\u2019 rights<\/a>, support for LGBTQIA+ initiatives<\/a>, and activism on behalf of Palestinian causes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Khalifa, a self-titled \u201cTwitter menace,\u201d<\/a> is active on social media and recently wrote a column for GQ on her top 10 movies of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t![\"Mia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/alex-ovechkin-mia-khalifa.jpg\")
\ud83d\udcf8: @miakhalifa\/Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n