Naziah Ali
Lisi Naziah Tora Ali Krishna (born March 4, 1982) is a Fijian Journalist and the leader of the FijiFirst youth wing group. She is a media business owner and publisher. She owns Cover Story a publishing company that produces Mai Life Magazines and FijiTime the inflight magazine of Fiji Airways. She is a former beauty pageant who held the title of Miss India Fiji 2009. She represented Fiji to the Miss India Worldwide Pageant in Durban, in February 2009. She is the first Indo Fijian from Fiji to represent Fiji to the pageant.[1][2][3] Ali is of both Indian and Fijian origin. Her father is a third generation Indian and her mother a native Fijian from the province of Ba.
Naziah Ali | |
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Born | Naziah Ali April 3, 1982 |
Alma mater | University of the South Pacific |
Title | Miss India Fiji 2009 (Winner) |
She worked as the Communications and Publication Coordinator for the Advancing Gender Equality in Political Governance in the Pacific (GEPG) Programme for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) now UN Women.[4][5]
She was working for the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) from 2007 to 2008 as the Media and Communications Consultant. Prior to that Ali worked at a television journalist for Fiji Television Limited. She worked as a journalism and theatre arts tutor at the University of the South Pacific after graduating in 2004 with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Literature and Language from the same university.[6][7]
As of March 2017 Ali is engaged with to Fijian association footballer Roy Krishna.[8] Ali tied the knot with Krishna in July 2018.
References
- "Fiji Daily Post News - Miss India Fiji leaves our shores". Fijidailypost.com. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "Gateway to Fiji, Fiji News, Fiji eDirectory, Fiji Magic, Fiji Real Estate, Fiji Classifieds, Fiji Dating, Fiji Rugby, Fiji Football, Fiji Jobs, Fijian News, Fijian Music, Fiji Houses for Sale, Fiji Holidays, Fiji Sports, Fiji Picture Gallery, Fiji Business, etc - Miss India Fiji chases world title". Fijilive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "Miss India Fiji ready for Durban - Fiji Times Online". Fijitimes.com. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "Plea motivates Naziah - Fiji Times Online". Fijitimes.com. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "UNIFEM's Gender Equality in Political Governance Programme in the Pacific – Moving Forward | International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics". iKNOW Politics. 2008-11-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "Fiji Daily Post News - Miss India Fiji joins Earth Hour campaign". Fijidailypost.com. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- "Pacific Media Centre - AUT University". Pmc.aut.ac.nz. 2007-09-24. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- Narain, Pravin (15 March 2017). "Bond with love". The Fijian Times ONLINE. Retrieved 1 April 2018.