A teenager who was born in Uzbekistan has become the first Muslim beauty contestant to be crowned Miss England.
Hammasa Kohistani, 18, said she was “happy to make history” and was looking forward to representing England in the Miss World championships in China.She was born in Tashkent, central Uzbekistan, after her parents were forced to flee Afghanistan.
The brunette, who speaks six languages including Russian and Persian, was selected from 40 contestants.
She was crowned on Saturday night following the two-day competition at Liverpool’s Olympia Theatre.
BBC News
via a whisper from a Desert Mermaid!
Making history! Well done and congratulations.
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There is a yound lady who isnt afraid to break with traditional muslim views of a womans place. I wish her well.
billT
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Six languages, and she’s very pretty to boot!
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What a beauty; I wish her good luck but pocks on the idiots who designed that trophy.
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Lets say azizam..girl u go for it..am with u hehe good luck with all…and for u all out there saying..i no she is a muslim well everyone for example arabic singer’s and other singer’s around the world who are muslim wear worse cloths then her but no one ever pointed that out for them….coz dats all haram too …so why in world anyone of us telling Ms Kohistani wat she be doin…girl forget this u good looking and hope u win babz ….Alina
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Alsalam Alaykom, sister 😉
allahu akbar, baby
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er.. poster #6.. is that girl holding a trophy?.. Next you will be trying to tell me she is wearing a crown & holding a bouquet…….
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that sounds so much like my wife discussing this subject!
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Duh!
I know the British are suppose to be reserved and all that, but don’t you think they could afford a bigger nicer trophy? This looks, well, cheap.
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Have you ever thought that perhaps the Tiara is more important than the trophey?
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How was she chosen??? I’m sure there were far better looking girls than her!!
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Are our right honorables going to issue a decree banning her from getting an entry visa to Bahrain incase she poinsons the minds of our homely, pious daughters. Sniff Sniff.
By the way what the hell has her being a Muslim got to do with it.
Must we encourage people to make an issue of religion all the time.
Tch Tch.
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Most poms speak six languages – all of them English =).
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She is PIT BABE quality!! YEAH!!! Mahmood you do have an eye for the fairer sex. Francis must keep you on a short leash with a shock collar to boot!
Seriously let us all hope some jackass doesn’t issue a brain fart Fatwa to have her killed for exposing her elbows or some self centered self serving male family member doesn’t do an ‘honour killing’ because she has brought “shame” to the family.
I wish her the BEST of luck at the Miss World championships in China.
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huh.. she’s too skinny.. her hair is a mess..her mouth is v.big.. and her eyebrows are not well-shaped..
-the green-eyed monster, silveroo
good on her 😀
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Steve’s Heartfelt Request To The Muslim World:
Send us more babes, less Bin Ladens.
Steve Has Spoken
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So, she’s an Afghani from Uzbekistan representing England? Is that right?
She’ll feel right at home with some other Well know Englishfolk, namely Greg Ruzetsky, Zola Budd, Joe Bugner and lennox Lewis!!
Not to mention the British Royal family who changed their names from Co-Saxburg to Windsor!
And she speaks 6 languages, wow, she’ll need em just to get around London I should think.
If she’s going to live in Yorkshire she’ll need Urdu and Bangladeshi and is she prefers the South coast then Serbo-Croatian is handy to have.
Live Long and Prosper
PT
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hey people she is very pretty in real live to
i know it cuz she is my cousine and everyone is saying that she is from uzbekistan but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo she is a afghan and i am not ashamed
for what she is doing are whole family is very proud
her cousin from holland
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You and your family have every right to be proud for her. CONGRATS!!
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isnt interesting that moslem women are so much hotter than moslem men??
😉
jj
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heyyyyyyy im an afghan girl my self and quite frankly i share the same surname and i would like to say that i am very proud of her she is beutiful and she deserves to win . i think its about time that afghan girls go out their and achive things that might seem unreachable simply because of our culture and religion, and all those idiots who criticise her are simply just of bunch of unaducated narrow minded fools.
u go girl and represent afghan girl power hehehehheheheheheheheh and i hope that u win miss world title and make us even more proud.
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JUST FOR THE RECORD SHE IS FROM AFGHANISTAN OKKKKKKKKK SHE IS AN AFG OK SO PLZ PLZ NO UZBEKISTAN OK PEOPLE JUST TO CLEAR THE RECORD
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ello peepz jst wanited 2 say dt i am soo happy n proud of hammasa becumin Miss_England!!! y?????????
Well 1st shez afghani not uzbak lolz 2nd shez kohistani which jst liek me lol n 3rdly shez Muslim which z y she deserved 2 win looolz… SO 2 @ll them peepz who h8 on her da can go n suckout hahaha N i got 1fing 2 say 2 our miss england hammasa U well pretty n op u becum miss world luv u loadz girl keep up da afgun spirit 0x0x0x0x0x
heili 0x0x0x0x
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Ye she is pretty, seen prettier but then again it’s different if you see them in real life, we need a good story for muslims after what happened recently . Go girl! don’t let people put ur down they’re just jelous, u go represent us!!!!!!!!!!!
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Emmm …..whats wrong with people??
Proud of her?? for what?? Looking good?
well good for her but whats she gonna do?
u guys make me laugh, as if a pretty muslim girl is what will make all muslims proud….
Pathetic
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Refering to the person who wrote the last comment, well im proud of her not because she is muslim girl but because she is an afghan ok, afghans have a really strict culture and for an afghan girl to come so far knowing that she will be criticised by some narrow minded idiots just like urself then i am proud of her. I admire her courage to take part and win . So yeh that should answer your questions!!
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I am really glad that you are leaving this up to Allah and not taking it into your own hands. Personally, I am banking on the Almighty, All Merciful, All Knowing, to be, well … to be those things.
AGA
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Thank you very much for reminding us of the hereafter and of eternal hell and damnation. You’ve done your job as you see it.
For the record, I *am* still proud of her and wish her the best of luck in her endeavours.
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Lets see wat all of you who are ” PROUD” of her will be doing in the HEREAFTER, the Life After Death, if you don’t know wat that means. All of u are spoiling Islam’s name by supporting people who are not following it in the least. And Allah’s sure gonna get you all. BEWARE!
People who do not cover will be wearing clothes of fire in the HEREAFTER.
WA MA ALAINA ILLAL BALAGUL MUBEEN.
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hey im an afghan girl too…………….hehehe and im proud of the fact that she is an afghan it has nothing to do with her being muslim! there are muslim girls out there doing much worse and thats all behind close doors and they all covered up! but thats besides the point. we all saying we proud of her cuz she is showing the afghan socity or shall i say the afghan men out there who are so narrow minded that u can criticise me as much as u want but this that stopping me from doing what i want…………NO!!!!
well done to her and i wish her all the best
Be afraid of ALLAH
tooo lanat on this muslim girl and those who support her Allah give all these muslim a big saza in dunya and aakherat to show for all an ibrat i shame to her this news from someone else and i believe that when someone go out of the dairah of islam is not a muslim shame for all who proud of her
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What a fucked up piece of shit you are. Get a life and keep your curses to yourself and your ilk. Asswipe.
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Allah will show you the thing you saying and doing
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What really gets me is that people like you, sucking at the teat of the UK, Bristol to be exact, milking it dry and you still regard it as “Dar Al-Harb” and be completely unpatriotic for the country that clothed, housed and educated you. What a real piece of filth you are, and you dare to threaten me with an asinine threat like that?
Get your priorities right, and I suggest that if you choose to be this thwarted, maybe Afghanistan or any country like it would be much more to your liking. Move. I’m sure your fellow UK citizens won’t mind seeing the back of you. Nor would I.
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i am afraid of allah….but for u to say lanat on this muslim girl!!! i mean shouldnt u just leave that in allah’s hand to judge who is good or bad!! we are noone to judge so please dont say anything about anyone or what allah is going to do with indivduals. gee whats wrong with some people!
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Is it a full moon Mahmood? Why all the nutty comments today?
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No idea… maybe it’s the stasis of the mind month or something…
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Hello Anonymous Cousin of Hammasa,
I’m a magazine writer in the U.S., and we’re doing a story on your cousin. I’m interviewing her Tuesday–please feel free to confirm this with her–and was wondering if you’d be willing to give me some pointers or tips on what her interests are, etc.
My email is laurel.maury@gmail.com. Drop me a line, and then maybe we can chat on the phone.
Best wishes,
Laurel Maury