Actress Kerry Washington has been named the 2013 ‘World’s Best Dressed
Woman’ by People Magazine
People said they picked her because of her
great sense of style.
"There has been a trend this
year in lady-like fashion and I think she is almost single-handedly
responsible for it.” People magazine Executive Editor, Elizabeth Sporkin said
Actress Jennifer Lawrence was named the celebrity with the best high fashion style while actress Jessica
Chastain was named best in red carpet
style. Solange Knowles got top marks for style risk-taking and confidence, Zoe Saldana was named the best in denim style and actress Lily Collins was named the best for up-and-coming style. Emma Stone won praise for her classic style & timeless look, while Nicole Richie was named best in trend-setting style.
21 year old University of Lagos student Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, beat 19
other beauty hopefuls to emerge Muslimah Queen 2013. Ajibola won the
exclusive beauty pageant for Muslim women which took place today
Wednesday September 18th in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received 25 million
rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca
and India as prizes.
The contestants were all required to wear headscarves, covered from head to foot. They
were judged on their looks, how well they recited Koranic verses and their views on
Islam in the modern world, in front of an audience of mainly religious scholars and devout Muslims
This pageant was actually staged as a retort to the Miss World pageant
holding in the same country. The organizers said they wanted to create
an awareness
within the muslim female community that there is a better form of beauty
than the one being portrayed by the Miss World. They said the pageant
is Islam's answer to the glamorous Miss World Pageant.Big Congrats to her!
