Somalis abroad in public life
Jawahir Ahmed (Jawaahir Axmed)
Jawahir Ahmed (born 1991) is a Somali-American model from Logan, Utah. In 2013 she won the Miss Africa Utah pageant representing Somalia and was Miss Somalia at the 2013 Miss United Nations USA pageant, while studying health education at Utah State University.
Jawahir AhmedJawaahir Axmed
- Lived
- 1991 to today
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Jawahir Ahmed is a Somali-American model, born in 1991 in Logan, Utah, to Somali parents who had moved to the United States earlier that year as the civil war began (Wikipedia, Jawahir Ahmed). Wikipedia says her family is from the Osman Mahamoud, a sub-clan of the Majeerteen (same source).
Study and work
In 2013 she was studying health education at Utah State University on a scholarship, and working for AmeriCorps and the CPASS college preparation programme (Wikipedia).
Pageants and modelling
In 2013 she was signed to the Stars Talent Group agency (Wikipedia). That year she represented Somalia and won the Miss Africa Utah pageant, and was Miss Somalia at the Miss United Nations USA pageant (same source).
In short
A Utah-born Somali model who represented Somalia in US pageants in 2013.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Jawahir Ahmed · en.wikipedia.org
Jawahir AhmedJawaahir Axmed
- Lived
- 1991 to today
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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