Thursday, 19 September 2013

21 year old University of Lagos student $2,200 and trips to Mecca and India as prizes.



Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, became Muslimah Queen 2013,that is Miss  Muslim World Beauty Pageant,Ajibola beating 19 other beauty which of course was for Muslim women only.
The contestants were all required to wear headscarves, covered from head to foot. They were judged on their looks, how well they recited Koranic verses and their views on Islam in the modern world, in front of an audience of mainly religious scholars and devout Muslims


It was held on the 18th of Sept in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received 25 million rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca and India as prizes. According to report, the pageant was staged as a retort to the Miss World pageant holding in the same country.

The organizers said they wanted to create awareness within the Muslim female community that there is a better form of beauty than the one being portrayed by the Miss World. They said the pageant is Islam's answer to the glamorous Miss World Pageant.

3 comments:

Eze said...

The contest must have been boring

Anonymous said...

Pls next,not appealing,all that clothes,sweat and all

Mariah said...

These people are living double standard.Pageant is pageant