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Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria waves after being named World Muslimah 2013 during the third Annual Award of World Muslimah in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, September 18, 2013.
Posted on 09/18/2013 9:24:18 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Nigerian Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola wins Muslim beauty pageant rival to Miss World
JAKARTA: A Nigerian woman tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital on Wednesday, a riposte to the Miss World contest that has sparked hardline anger.
The 20 finalists, who were all required to wear headscarves, put on a glittering show for the final of Muslimah World, strolling up and down a catwalk in elaborately embroidered dresses and stilettos.
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.
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BAGUS INDAHONO/EPA
Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria waves after being named World Muslimah 2013 during the third Annual Award of World Muslimah in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, September 18, 2013.
Reminds me of the Beatles song oh bla dee oh blah dah, life goes onnnnnnnn oooonnnnn! Oh oh oh oh life goes on!!!
probably all negro...ooops
This is the swimsuit competition. She walked away with the burkha ‘phase’...
Her prizes include a free female circumcision and three beatings a week for life..
The Key:
“tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses”
That is what the judges liked.
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OK, seen enough.
She must have scored real high in the suicide belt competition.
C’Mon Michael...that’s a fageleh! Either that or eyebrow feathering isn’t big deep in the dunes of Saudi Marabia (guy I work with called them that. I asked him to repeat it. He did)
Good one!
A sick culture.
FAIL.
You put a lot of thought into that one. Funny! I agree, too. The one on the right is a babe.
Oh — it’s the Ham Abstaining Girls Sideshow (HAGS) competition again? Yawwwwn.
I hear the talent competition was cutthroat.
Literally.
LOL! Humorous post/thread BUMP!
Yes, very twisted sense of reality.
It is the nature of the beast.
Inbred mutants! Camels in g-strings and women in furniture upholstery.
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