Maghrib Shahid grew up watching pageants on TV, dreaming that one day, she could compete in one herself.
It was a dream that she ultimately gave up.
“As I got older, I never saw anyone who looked like me,” Shahid, a Bexley resident, said. “That dream just got slimmer and slimmer and slimmer.”
So in 2016, she set out to create her own pageant specifically for women like her — Muslim women who dress modestly and wear a hijab (a head covering worn by Muslim women).
https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2020/07/27/muslim-beauty-pageant-created-by-bexley-resident-touts-modesty/42082695/: The Columbus Dispatch: Muslim beauty pageant created by Bexley resident touts modesty