JAKARTA: The Miss World beauty contest, which has attracted fierce opposition by Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge — a rival pageant exclusively for Muslims.
The Muslimah World contest to be held on Wednesday in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is “Islam’s answer to Miss World,” the pageant’s founder Eka Shanti said Saturday.
“Muslimah World is a beauty pageant, but the requirements are very different from Miss World — you have to be pious, be a positive role model and show how you balance a life of spirituality in today’s modernized world,” Shanti told AFP.
20 Finalists from Iran, Malaysia, Brunei, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Indonesia
…………. The finalists, from Iran, Malaysia, Brunei, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Indonesia, will parade Islamic fashions in what Shanti says is an opportunity to show young Muslim women they do not need to show their “immodest” parts — including their hair and bare shoulders — to be beautiful.
Categories: Arab World, Asia, Beauty Pageant, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Middle East
most women are so vain whether fully dressed or underdressed. Dear Lord help all my female species wake up, straighten up and wise up.