Michelle Monaghan's role/plot

She was supposed to be a pageant winner that traveled to the Middle East.

"Gaghan and his crew shot in over 200 locations on four continents with 100 speaking parts. At one point, Syriana became so complicated in terms of structure and content that Gaghan eliminated one complete storyline in post-production. The fifth storyline involved Michelle Monaghan playing Miss USA who becomes involved with a rich Arabic oilman. He found that he could not balance more than four stories."

http://rheaven.blogspot.ca/2009/04/syriana.html