21 year old University of Lagos student Obabiyi
Aisha Ajibola, beat 19 other beauty hopefuls to
emerge Muslimah Queen 2013. Ajibola won the
exclusive beauty pageant for Muslim women
which took place today Wednesday September
18th in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received 25
million rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca and
India as prizes.
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
This pageant was actually staged as a retort to
the Miss World pageant holding in the same
country. The organizers said they wanted to
create an 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.
Congrats to her!
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