A Nigerian woman has emerged the most beautiful Muslim woman in the world according to Muslimah World, a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women.
Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola was crowned on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia beating 19 other finalists who all wore headscarves strolling up and down a catwalk in elaborately embroidered dresses and stilettos. The finalists were all asked to recite Qur’anic verses and share their views on Islam in the modern world.
‘Thanks to almighty Allah’, the 21-year-old Nigerian cried out when she was announced winner. She received 25m Rupiah (N360,000) plus a couple of trips to Makkah and India as prizes.
Ajibola told AFP before the final that the event ‘was not really about competition’. ‘We’re just trying to show the world that Islam is beautiful’, she said.
Organizers said the pageant challenged the idea of beauty put forward by the British-run Miss World pageant, and also showed that opposition to the event could be expressed non-violently.
Additional reports from Arabnews.com
