Miss Pakistan World

Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for women of Pakistani descent from around the world. The event is held annually in Canada.[1]

Miss Pakistan World
MottoCelebrate the woman in you!
Formation2003
TypeBeauty Pageant
HeadquartersToronto, Karachi
Location
Membership
Miss Earth
Official language
English, Urdu
President
Sonia Ahmed Since 2002.
WebsiteMiss Pakistan Official website

History

The pageant was originally launched in 2002 by Sonia Ahmed under the name of Miss Canada Pakistan. The organizers were forced to host the event in Canada due to security concerns and the general attitude towards pageants held by the Pakistani public. The pageant has taken place in Canada every year since with the exception of 2014, which was held in New Jersey. [2][3] [4][5][6] The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned was Zehra Sheerazi on 1 February 2003 with the most recent winner being Arooj Bokhari.

Titleholders
Year Representative Province Host city
2020 Toronto
2019 Arooj Bokhari[7][8] Punjab Toronto
2017/2018 Diya Ali[9][10] sindh Toronto
2016/2017 Ramina Ashfaque [11] Sindh Toronto
2015 Anzhelika Tahir [12][13][14][15][16] Punjab Toronto
2014 Aatka Feroz[17][18] Punjab New Jersey, United States
2013 Shanzay Hayat[19][20][21] [22][23] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mississauga
2012 Zanib Naveed[24] Punjab
2011 Sanober Hussain[25] Punjab
2010 Annie Rupani[26] Sindh
2009 Ayesha Gilani[27] Punjab
2008 Natasha Paracha[28][29][30][31][32] Punjab
2007 Mahleej Sarkari[33][34] Baluchistan
2006 Sehr Mahmood[35] Sindh
2005 Naomi Zaman [36] Punjab
2004 Batool Cheema[37] Punjab
2003 Zehra Sheerazi[38] Sindh Ottawa

Controversies

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[39] 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."[6] Sonia Ahmed, the president of Miss Pakistan World, defended the event as a movement for self-expression, saying that the participants have the freedom to do as they wish.[40] In 2006, Culture Ministry official Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry questioned the wearing[41] of bikinis[42] to represent Pakistan[43].

In 2010 the organizers were criticized for holding the pageant in Ramadan and during the 2010 Pakistan floods.[44][45]

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See also

References
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