Miss Pakistan World

Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World Logo
Logo of Miss Pakistan World
Motto Celebrate the woman in you!
Formation 2003
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Karachi
Location
Membership
 Miss Universe
Miss Earth
Miss Tourism Queen International
Queen of the World
Miss World University
Miss Tourism
Miss Asia Pacific World
Miss Grand International
Miss Globe
Official language
 English, Urdu
President
 Sonia Ahmed
Website Miss Pakistan Official website

Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for Pakistan.

History

Founded in 2002 by Pakistani-Canadian entrepreneur Sonia Ahmed, and in its first year called "Miss Canada Pakistan", the contest is held in Canada because beauty pageants are highly controversial in Pakistan and if it were held there, security for contestants would be too problematic.[1] According to Ahmed, "Pakistan's slow changing movement to liberate its women forbids such events from taking place on its soil."[2] The name of the pageant was changed to Miss Pakistan World, when contestants from around the world started applying for the title. It is the only pageant existing for single Pakistani women in the world.[3] The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned was Zehra Sheerazi on the 1st of February 2003 in Ottawa, Canada. Sheerazi went on to represent Pakistan in Pakistan's first ever debut in international pageants, World Miss University.

In 2014, Sonia Ahmed, President of Miss Pakistan World, shifted the entire pageant and its team to base itself in New Jersey,[4] USA. This was the first time the pageant was held out[5] of its home base in Canada. This not only attracted new local contestants from the USA[6] but also got more contestants attracted from different parts of the world.

Titleholders

Despite being called "Miss Pakistan World"[7] the pageant sends its delegates to the Miss Earth. Naomi Zaman marked Pakistan's debut at the third largest beauty pageant in the world in 2006 but Zehra Sheerazi was the first Miss Pakistan World to enter into an international beauty pageant, World Miss University 2003 in Korea. However it is unclear why the titleholders do not enter the Miss Universe or the Miss World pageants.

Year Representative Province Host City Placement at International Pageants
2014
 Aatka Feroz Punjab
New Jersey,[5] USA
 Sent to TBA
2013
 Shanzay Hayat[8][9][10] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mississauga, Canada
 Sent to Miss Grand International Miss Earth Miss Asia Pacific World
2012
 Zanib Naveed[11] Punjab Silver Medal in Trivia Challenge in Miss Earth
2011
 Sanober Hussain[12] Punjab Miss Friendship
2010
 Annie Rupani[13][14] Sindh Miss Diversity
2009
 Ayesha Gilani[15] Punjab Unplaced in Miss Earth & Beauty of the World, Miss Tourism Queen International
2008
 Natasha Paracha[16] Punjab Withdrew from Miss Earth and was replaced by Nosheen Idrees
2007
 Mahleej Sarkari[17] Baluchistan Miss Tourism Queen International
2006
 Sehr Mahmood[18] Sindh Unplaced in the Miss Earth, Miss Elegant position won in Queen of the World
2005
 Naomi Zaman Punjab Debut in Miss Earth & winner of Miss Dance Queen in Miss Tourism Queen International
2004
 Batool Cheema Punjab Sent to Queen of the World 2009 and Miss Friendship 2009
2003
 Zehra Sheerazi Sindh
Ottawa, Canada
 Sent to World Miss University 2013

By number of wins

States Titles Winning years
Punjab
7
 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
Sindh
3
 2003, 2006, 2010
Baluchistan
1
 2007
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1
 2013

Representatives to Miss Earth

The first representative to Miss Earth was Naomi Zaman in 2005 and since then there have been two years where Pakistan did not participate, 2007 & 2013. However, the winner of 2013 Shanzay Hayat represented Pakistan in the Miss Earth 2014 pageant held in Manila, Philippines on November 29, 2014. In 2008 Natasha Paracha, Miss Pakistan World 2008 was replaced by runner up Nosheen Idrees.

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2014 Shanzay Hayat[19] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa TBA 1st Talent Competition
2012 Zanib Naveed[20][21] Punjab None Silver Medal in Trivia Challenge, Award for press favorite & won Miss SMDC.
2011 Sanober Hussain[22] Punjab None Miss Friendship
2009 Ayesha Gilani[23][24] Punjab None Top 15 Talent Finals
2008 Nosheen Idrees[24][25] Punjab None None
2006 Sehr Mahmood[24][26][27] Sindh None None
2005 Naomi Zaman[24] Punjab None None

Representatives to Miss Asia Pacific World

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2014 Shanzay Hayat[28][29] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Top 15 Miss Grand Dance Award

Representatives to Miss Grand International

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2013 Shanzay Hayat[30] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Top 20[31][32] None
2014 Laila Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa None None
2015 Aatka Feroz Punjab TBA TBA

Representatives to Miss Tourism Queen International

Miss Tourism Queen International organized by Singaporean company ERM, got its first candidate from Pakistan in 2005. The last pageant done by the Miss Pakistan World company was in 2009.

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2009 Ayesha Gilani[33] Punjab None Miss Elegant Runner Up
2007 Mahleej Sarkari Baluchistan None Miss Disco Runner up
2006 Mariyah Moten[34] Sindh None Miss Charity
2005 Naomi Zaman[35] Punjab None Disco Queen & Best in Talent[36]

Representatives to Queen of the World

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2011 Attia Bano Qamar Punjab None None
2009 Batool Cheema Punjab None None
2008 Tahira Iqbal Punjab None None
2007 Nida Khan Sindh None None
2006 Sehr Mahmood Sindh None Queen of Elegance

Representatives to World Miss University

Year Representative City, Province Ranking Special Awards
2007 Bushra Jamil Sindh None None
2006 Sonya Zia Punjab None None
2003 Zehra Sheerazi[37] Sindh 6th Position Peace Ambassador Award

Representatives to Miss Globe

Year Representative Province Ranking Special Awards
2011 Attia Bano Qamar Punjab None None

Representatives to Miss Tourism Pageant

Year Representative Province Ranking Special Awards
2009 Naila Mir Afzal Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa None None
2007 Bushra Jamil Sindh None None

Representatives to Other Beauty Pageants

Year Pageant Representative Province Ranking Special Awards
2012 Miss Intercultural Annie Rupani Sindh Top 3 Runner Up 2
2012 Miss Global Mariyam Khandwani Sindh None Top 10 Talent
2009 Miss Friendship Batool Cheema Punjab None None
2009 Beauty of the World Ayesha Gilani Punjab None Beauty of Asia
2008 Miss Asia International Nosheen Idrees Punjab None None
2006 Miss Internet Nida Khan Sindh None Runner Up 2 (Asia)
2006 Miss Bikini of the Universe[38] Mariyah Moten[39][40] Sindh None Best In Media/Miss Press[41]

Prominent Titleholders

Year Representative Province Host City Placement at International Pageant
2012
 Mariyam Khandwani Sindh
Mississauga, Canada
 Represented Pakistan in Miss Global 2012
2011
 Attia Bano Qamar Punjab Represented Pakistan in Miss Globe & Queen of the World
2009
 Naila Mir Afzal Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Represented Pakistan in Miss Tourism pageant in Malaysia
2008
 Nosheen Idrees Punjab Replaced Natasha Paracha in Miss Earth
Tahira Iqbal Punjab Represented Pakistan in Queen of the world
2007
 Nida Khan Sindh Represented Pakistan in Queen of the world
Bushra Jamil Sindh Represented Pakistan in World Miss University
2006
 Mariyah Moten Sindh Represented Pakistan in Miss Tourism Queen International & Bikini of the Universe
Sonya Zia Punjab Represented Pakistan in World Miss University

Controversy

The pageant has been criticized by Pakistani feminist Amna Buttar of the Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights, who wrote in an email to the New York Times:

"In Pakistan, we are trying to get basic rights for women: right to marry, right to divorce, equal opportunity for job and education, and issues like Miss Pakistan create problems for this movement. An average Pakistani young woman does not want to wear a bikini in public, and for her it is important to have equal opportunity and all focus should be on that, and not on a pageant where only the elite can participate."[1]

Sonia Ahmed President of Miss Pakistan World defended the event as a movement to express one's rights and freedom to do as one wishes.

The pageant also fell into some controversy when it was held in the month of Ramadan as well as when the floods affected Pakistan 3 weeks prior to the event.[42][43][44][45]

Most contestants[46] who participated from around the world were highlighted during the pageant[47] as well.[48]

Mrs. Pakistan World

In 2006 Mrs. Pakistan World,[49] for married women, was created as a spin-off. Both the Miss Pakistan World and the Mrs. Pakistan World pageant were created on the basis of issues faced by women in Pakistan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dominus, Susan, "Pakistan May Not Be Ready for Its Beauty Queen", New York Times, 18 December 2008, retrieved 13 January 2009
  2. ↑ msn.com, Islamabad beauty is new Miss Pakistan World, 3 June 2008, retrieved 13 January 2009
  3. ↑ http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/11th-goes-strong-miss-pakistan-164100161.html
  4. ↑ http://www.my9nj.com/story/26474107/2014-miss-pakistan-world-pageant-coming-to-edison
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26474107/2014-miss-pakistan-world-pageant-coming-to-edison
  6. ↑ http://thealternativepress.com/articles/2014-miss-pakistan-world-pageant-coming-to-edison
  7. ↑ http://newseastwest.com/miss-pakistan-contestants-sizzle/
  8. ↑ http://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/4059225-shanzay-hayat-wins-miss-pakistan-world-in-mississauga/
  9. ↑ http://newseastwest.com/leggy-beauty-shanzay-hayat-crowned-miss-pakistan-world-2013/
  10. ↑ http://newseastwest.com/sizzling-hot-miss-pakistan-shanzay-hayat/
  11. ↑ http://newseastwest.com/zainab-naveed-miss-pakistan-world-2012/
  12. ↑ http://beautypageantnews.com/sanober-hussain-crowned-miss-pakistan-earth-2011/
  13. ↑ http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/beauty-pageant-rookie-wins-crown/
  14. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/07/local-chocolatier-finds-sweet-spot-for-new.html?page=all
  15. ↑ http://www.southasianoutlook.com/issues/2009/july/ayesha_gilani_miss_pakistan_world_2009.html
  16. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/nyregion/19bigcity.html?em&_r=0
  17. ↑ http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/entertainment/200708073974.htm
  18. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/regional/story/2006/11/061123_beauty_contest_sq.shtml/
  19. ↑ http://beautypageantnews.com/shanzay-hayat-crowned-miss-pakistan-world-2013/
  20. ↑ http://www.missearth.tv/delegates_pakistan.php
  21. ↑ http://ph.news.yahoo.com/video/bold-brave-answers-miss-pakistan-000000867.html
  22. ↑ http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/Hasleen-Kaur-at-Miss-Earth-2011/eventshow/11486607.cms
  23. ↑ http://www.fashioncentral.pk/people-parties/events/festivals/story-350-miss-earth-pakistan-2009/
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 http://missosology.org/opinion/7077-focus-pakistans-participation-major-pageants/
  25. ↑ http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/130482/lifestyle/quake-worries-pakistan-s-miss-earth-candidate
  26. ↑ http://southasianoutlook.com/issues/2007/june/celebrating_women_sehr_mahmood.html
  27. ↑ http://www.theasiantoday.com/article.aspx?articleId=176
  28. ↑ http://missasiapacificworldstar.com/pk
  29. ↑ http://missasiapacificworldstar.com/finalists/detail/32636
  30. ↑ http://www.missgrandinternational.com/contestants_detail.php?id=126
  31. ↑ http://www.pageantopolis.com/Grand/grand_international.htm
  32. ↑ Miss Grand International 2013#Top 20
  33. ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/13/content_8566098_7.htm
  34. ↑ http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=559
  35. ↑ Miss Tourism Queen International 2005
  36. ↑ http://english.people.com.cn/200506/28/eng20050628_192774.html
  37. ↑ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/expat-pakistani-beauties-launch-bikini-rebellion/186675/0
  38. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-404132/Muslim-fury-bikini-model-claimed-Pakistans-entry.html
  39. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/209533/
  40. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Agents-of-change-or-miss-representations/articleshow/1973519.cms?
  41. ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/12/content_663256.htm
  42. ↑ Boston University Newspaper
  43. ↑ Toronto Star, The flood in Pakistan will not stop the pageant in Toronto, Published On Thu Aug 19 2010
  44. ↑ Globe and Mail, ,Published on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 10:30PM EDT
  45. ↑ Alia Waheed , The Guardian, "Miss Pakistan World pageant's timing causes dismay: Demands for Toronto beauty contest to be called off in light of humanitarian crisis brought by flooding in Pakistan", Thursday 19 August 2010 18.16 BST
  46. ↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10818312 New Zealand Herald
  47. ↑ http://www.theglobalindian.co.nz/miss-pakistan-world-2012/
  48. ↑ http://beauty.msn.co.nz/beautynews/latestnews/8496325/aucklander-up-for-miss-pakistan-crown Msn
  49. ↑ http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/pakistan-gets-mrs-pakistan-world-221800650.html

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