A Nigerian lady is in the hunt for honours in the 2014 World Muslimah Awards, the Muslim beauty pageant in Indonesia.
She is Blqis Adebayo, an 18 year old student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. 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 competittion started on November 13. It will end on 21 November. Here AFP captures the participants during a tour at the Borobudur temple complex, Indonesia’s ancient Buddhist temple built between the 8th and 9th century in Magelang, Central Java on November 17, 2014.
Another Nigerian lady, Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, a student of the University of Lagos, won the 2013 edition.
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
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
This combination of pictures taken in Magelang on November 17, 2014 shows finalists of the 2014 World Muslimah Awards (Top L-R) Ben Guefrache Fatma of Tunis, Blqis Adebayo of Nigeria and Tarannum Tasmine of Bangladesh, (Middle L-R) Masturah binte Jamil of Singapore, Safitri Rahmadani of Indonesia and Gesti Nur Ula Derapati of Indonesia, (Bottom L-R) Elis Sholihah of Indonesia, Ainur Nelissa of Malaysia and Nazreen of India. Indonesia hosted the fourth Muslim Beauty Pageant, the World Muslimah Awards. About 25 finalists from around the world will compete in the final round of the World Muslimah Awards, exclusively for Muslim women in Yogyakarta on November 13-21. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY