Obabiyi aishah ajibola biography

Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola, 21, dropped to her knees and thanked "almighty Allah" on Wednesday before collecting a prize of 25 million rupiah (£1,375) and trips to.
Miss Aishah, a student at the prestigious University of Lagos, beat 19 other challengers from across the world to emerge Muslimah Queen 2013 in Jakarta.
Nigeria university student Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola has been crowned the winner of Muslimah World 2013, an all-Muslim beauty pageant.

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Who is Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola? Introducing the World Muslimah 2013

Nigeria university student Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola has been crowned the winner of Muslimah World 2013, an all-Muslim beauty pageant.

The 21-year-old, who is a native of the Yoruba tribe, beat 19 other hopefuls, after wowing the judges with her knowledge on the Koran and her refreshing philosophy on Islam in the modern world.

When her name was announced as the winner at the Jakarta pageant, she dropped to her knees and thanked "almighty Allah" before reciting a Koranic verse. Her prizes included 25 million rupiah (£1,375) and trips to Mecca and India.

"The event was not really about competition," she told AFP. "We're just trying to show the world that Islam is beautiful."

Organisers said that the pageant challenged the idea of beauty and strengthened self-development in Muslim women.

All contestants were required to wear a headscarf (hijab).

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The Muslim Miss World: Nigerian contestant crowned in beauty pageant held to oppose mainstream Miss World contest in Bali

Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria crowned in Jakarta, Indonesia
Miss Muslimah World organised by World Muslimah Foundation
The Muslim women's group said it was an 'Islamic response' to Miss World
Contest featured 20 modestly dressed women from Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Brunei, Nigeria and Bangladesh
Final of traditional Miss World contest takes place in Bali on 28 September
British Embassy has advised caution amid possibility of terror attack
Warned that extremist groups may be planning to attack the event

By MARTHA DE LACEY

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A Nigerian woman has been crowned Muslim Miss World in the final of a beauty pageant organised by a women's group in direct response to the mainstream Miss World competition taking place in Indonesia.

Miss Nigeria, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola, 21, won the Miss Muslimah World contest which was organised by the World Muslimah Foundation, a Muslim women's group, and held in Indonesia's capital cit

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Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola, a Nigerian beauty queen, was crowned winner of Miss Muslimah World, an Islamic pageant, in Jarkata, Indonesia on September 18, 2013.

The contest was organised by the World Muslimah Foundation in direct response to the reactions and protests that trailed the mainstream Miss World competition that took place in Bali, Indonesia on September 28, 2013.

The Indonesian pageant saw the then 21-year-old Nigerian and her rivals judged not only for beauty but their ability to recite verses from the Quran and their knowledge of modern-day Islam.

Over 500 women who competed for the crown had answered a round of online questions about their relationship with Islam, including when they first began wearing the headscarf which was a requirement for the beauty pageant.

Muslimah World saw 20 finalists from six countries — including Nigeria, Brunei, Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia — compete in a contest that was tagged a “non-violent” answer to the Miss World pageant rallied against by Islamic hardliners.

Organisers of the event had disclos