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Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by kaze4blues(m): 8:00pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Nigerian wins World Muslim beauty pageant JAKARTA (AFP) – A Nigerian woman tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, a riposte to the Miss World contest that has sparked hardline anger. The newly crowned the Muslimah World 2013 Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (C) of Nigeria speaks to audience during the Muslimah World competition in Jakarta on September 18, 2013. The finale of a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women was set to take place in the Indonesian capital on September 18, in a riposte to the Miss World contest in Bali that has drawn fierce opposition from Islamic radicals. AFP PHOTO But the contestants from six countries were covered from head to foot, and as well as beauty they were judged on how well they recited Koranic verses and their views on Islam in the modern world. After a show in front of an audience of mainly religious scholars and devout Muslims, a panel of judges picked Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola from Nigeria as the winner. While the event in a Jakarta shopping mall paled in comparison to Miss World on the resort island of Bali, in which scores of contestants are competing, Ajibola was nevertheless overwhelmed. Upon hearing her name, the 21-year-old knelt down and prayed, then wept as she recited a Koranic verse. She said it was “thanks to almighty Allah” that she had won the contest. She received 25 million rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca 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. Organisers 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. Eka Shanti, who founded the pageant three years ago after losing her job as a TV news anchor for refusing to remove her headscarf, bills the contest as “Islam’s answer to Miss World”. “This year we deliberately held our event just before the Miss World final to show that there are alternative role models for Muslim women,” she told AFP. “But it’s about more than Miss World. Muslim women are increasingly working in the entertainment industry in a sexually explicit way, and they become role models, which is a concern.” Hosted by Dewi Sandra, an Indonesian actress and pop star who recently hung up her racy dresses for a headscarf, the pageant featured both Muslim and pop music performances, including one about modesty, a trait the judges sought in the winner. The pageant, which also featured bright Indonesian Islamic designer wear, is a starkly different way of protesting Miss World than the approach taken by Islamic radicals. Snowballing protest movement Thousands have taken to the streets in Indonesia in recent weeks to protest Miss World, denouncing the contest as “pornography” and burning effigies of the organisers.Despite a pledge by Miss World organisers to drop the famous bikini round, radical anger was not appeased and the protest movement snowballed. The government eventually bowed to pressure and ordered the whole pageant be moved to the Hindu- majority island of Bali, where it opened on September 8. Later rounds and the September 28 final were to be held in and around Jakarta, where there is considerable hardline influence. But there are still fears that extremists may target the event — the US, British and Australian embassies in Jakarta have warned their nationals in recent days of the potential for radical attacks. More than 500 contestants competed in online rounds to get to the Muslimah World final in Indonesia, one of which involved the contenders comparing stories of how they came to wear the headscarf. The contest was first held in 2011 under a different name and was only open to Indonesians, Shanti said, but after the media began comparing it to Miss World, it was rebranded as a Muslim alternative to the world-famous pageant. Because of its popularity, organisers accepted foreign contestants this year for the first time, with Iran, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Nigeria and Indonesia represented. www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/nigerian-wins-world-muslim-beauty-pageant/ |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Eobiabo(m): 8:07pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Good news |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by kaze4blues(m): 8:08pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Positive news coming from naija. MOD...front page things |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by UyiIredia(m): 8:13pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
How does the pageant look like ? I can give them the benefit of dressing modestly but apparently I won't expect hijab-wearing models. Kudos to the Nigerian lady for representing us well. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Sunnybobo3(m): 8:21pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
No pishure? |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by tpia5: 8:22pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Her picture is elsewhere on the forum. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by tpia5: 8:23pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Topic I cant comment until i know people's opinion. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by JameyMaxwell(m): 8:28pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
The Picture |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Tolexander: 8:32pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Jamey Maxwell: The Picturebelow is the picture of nigerian representative and the runner up! aren't they pretty? 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 8:37pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
tpia@:but you just commented? |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 8:40pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Sunny_bobo: No pishure?She emerged the winner.
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Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by 1radioguru1: 8:42pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
May Allah forgive these ignoramus from their effort of wanting to immitate the kuffars. They are only fulfilling the hadith of the prophet, at the end of time muslims will copy the people of the books even when they enter a hole some ignoramus like this will do the same acts. May allah forgive them and show them the true teaching of islam away from this show of shame. Lastly glad tiding to the strangers. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by cashkid18(m): 8:49pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
all i cn say is lol.... |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by JameyMaxwell(m): 8:51pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Tolexander: below is the picture of nigerian representative and the runner up!I parole the Left one, yhu toast the Right one. Don't dull |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by JameyMaxwell(m): 8:53pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
berem: She emerged the winner.She looks like a middle aged woman |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 8:53pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
berem: She emerged the winner.WTF? |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by ProfessorPeter(m): 9:05pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Tolexander: below is the picture of nigerian representative and the runner up!this one na ojuju? |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 9:06pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
payless: WTF?Why? it's a Muslim thing so you shouldn't expect chicks with hot bikinis. she's cute though! |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 9:07pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Jamey Maxwell:that's what you think! she's beautiful! |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by iterator25: 9:08pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Tolexander: below is the picture of nigerian representative and the runner up!dies |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by iterator25: 9:10pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
berem: She emerged the winner.no pants, no laps.. are you f""cking kidding me! |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by ProfessorPeter(m): 9:10pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Is married? I wished she was 14yrs old, Yerima_ _ _. Complete the sentence |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by ProfessorPeter(m): 9:12pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Is married? I wished she was 14yrs old, Yerima_ _ _. Complete the sentence. Meanwhile Yoruba lady, your parents and progressive Nigerians are proud of u |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Nobody: 9:16pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
iterator25: no pants, no laps.. are you f""cking kidding me!where you expecting to see that? sorry o! |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Tolexander: 9:23pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Jamey Maxwell:i no be like the man wey dey picture below. You fit parole both, i leave am for you. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by JameyMaxwell(m): 9:35pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Tolexander: i no be like the man wey dey picture below. You fit parole both, i leave am for you.Yhu kon dey lie 4 me say dem fine. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by tpia5: 9:47pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
maxwello.yg: No, i havent yet. |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by pomporiking: 9:51pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
1radioguru1: May Allah forgive these ignoramus from their effort of wanting to immitate the kuffars. They are only fulfilling the hadith of the prophet, at the end of time muslims will copy the people of the books even when they enter a hole some ignoramus like this will do the same acts. May allah forgive them and show them the true teaching of islam away from this show of shame. Lastly glad tiding to the strangers. No vex |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by Tolexander: 10:01pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
Jamey Maxwell:bro, dem fine o. Don't you see them? |
Re: Nigerian Wins World Muslim Beauty Pageant by OAM4J: 11:11pm On Sep 18, 2013 |
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