21-Year-Old Malaysian Girl Wins In Muslim Beauty Pageant

Bukan nak buat controversi tapi nak berkongsi tentang perkara yg baik. Baik kerana ia bukanlah pertandingna ratu cantik dunia yang kita selalu lihat dalam tv anjuran pihak barat. Tetapi ini adalah Ratu Cantik Muslimah Dunia yg di anjurkan oleh negara2 Islam. Penganjuran Ratu Cantik Muslimah Dunia di Indonesia mendapat perhatian byk pihak penganjuran kali ketiga ini membuka mata bahawa wanita muslimah juga boleh bergaya dan berfesyen dengan hijab.

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Raut wajahnya menawan, senyumannya manis dan ditambah dengan gayanya persis seorang model profesional berjaya meletakkan Nurul Husna Zainal Abidin meraih gelaran “World Muslim Woman Netizen 2013” dalam pertandingan Ratu Cantik Muslimah Dunia baru-baru ini.

That’s the prize that Nurul Husna Zainal Abidin won as Malaysia’s first entry to the World Muslim Women Beauty Pageant, organised by an Indonesian TV host who was fired from her job for refusing to take off her tudung while on duty.

Malaysia’s Nurul said, "Islam is portrayed as something beautiful. The Quran readings and other events in the beauty pageant were all planned according to Islamic law."

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"Participating in the beauty pageant has deepened my knowledge of Islam as all the activities involved teaching the contestants how to be a Muslim woman and face the challenges of modern times," Nurul told The Malaysian Insider.

She wanted the Malaysian government to consider organising a similar pageant. She said, "If the government organises a Muslim beauty pageant here, it would be well-received. The Muslim version of the beauty pageant teaches Islamic knowledge without sidelining the hijab fashion style.

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"It isn't wrong to organise such an event as it can open up opportunities for Muslim women to learn something new. At the same time, the government could use the opportunity to promote tourism in Malaysia."

Nurul merupakan pelajar dari Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Negeri Sembilan.

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The Guardian reported 500 or more contestants initially competed during a round of online questions, but 20 finalists from six countries – Bangladesh, Brunei, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Nigeria – competed as finalists on Wednesday.

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Pageant organiser Eka Shan event's this year was seen as partly a protest against the Miss World pageant, which had to be moved from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to diffuse objections from Islamic hardline groups.

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This year, we deliberately held our event just before the Miss World finals to show that there are alternative role models for Muslim women," she told AFP.

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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.

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Organizers say they want to show Muslim women there is an alternative to the idea of beauty put forward by the British-run Miss World pageant, and also want to show that opposition to the pageant can be expressed non-violently.

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“This is an international event to appreciate women who have talent, dedication, and a reputation in their communities for being young, but also giving back to others,” says Eka Shanti, the pageant’s founder.

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“What I will be looking for is strength of personality — someone with a vision for the future, who gives back to their community and shows that beauty is not just about bodies,” said Jameyah Sheriff, an education expert from Malaysia who is on the judging panel.

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The Miss World Muslimah competition is much different, with contestants judged on looks as well as ability to recite from the Quran, relationship with Islam, and when they began wearing their headscarf, a requirement in the pageant.

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This contest was for Muslims only, and the contestants wore headscarves and floor-sweeping gowns that covered their chests and shoulders. They were vying for the “crown of modesty,” a golden statue of a woman giving thanks to God and an all expenses paid trip to Mecca.

Twenty contestants will show off the latest Islamic fashion trends in the Muslimah World pageant and will also take part in other activities, such as reciting the Koran, aimed at demonstrating their piety.

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She says the pageant is based around sholehah, an Islamic term meaning someone who is pious, has good morals, and observes Islamic rules and codes. She calls it a “formula,” for understanding the ideal woman, “regardless of your religion.”

The contestants — who can only enter the competition if they wear a headscarf — have undergone three days of “spiritual training” in the run-up to the final in Jakarta, waking up before dawn to pray together and sharpen their Koranic reading skills.

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Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria won the title of 2013 Miss World Muslimah, an Islamic beauty pageant, on Wednesday in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ajibola, 21, fell to her knees and thanked “almighty Allah” as she was crowned the winner and received her prizes of 25 million rupiah ($2,189.25) and trips to Mecca and India.

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