Naija Girl, Bilqis Adebayo Among Finalists For World Most Beautiful Muslim Pageant (Photos)

Blqis Adebayo: finalist of the World Muslimah Awards
(The News)

 

An 18-year-old girl, Blqis Adebayo has reached the top 25 finalists selected from around the world  for the 2014 World Muslimah Awards, the Muslim beauty pageant in Indonesia.

Blqis Adebayo, a student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism is hoping to win the coveted crown for Most Beautiful Muslim Girl in the World.

Finalists of the 2014 World Muslimah Awards (L-R) Ainur Nelissa of Malaysia, Samaneh Zand of Iran, Dina Torkia of Britain, Blqis Adebayo of Nigeria pose for a photograph
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She attended Iqra Comprehensive High school and Al-Hikma College, finishing her secondary education in 2011.

About 25 finalists from around the world are competing in the final round of the contest, exclusively for Muslim women in Yogyakarta.

The competition which started on November 13 is scheduled to end November 21.

Miss Muslimah 2013 Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (2nd L) of Nigeria talks to Nazreen (3rd R) of India while Finalists of the 2014 World Muslimah Awards Tarannum Tasmine (1st L) of Bangladesh, Lulu Susanti (2nd R) of Indonesia and Molina Ulfah Ramadha (1st R) pose for a photograph
(The News)

The current winner is a Nigerian, Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, a student of the University of Lagos, who competed in 2013.