Global InformationMiss Sahhara information
Miss saHHara | |
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 Miss saHHara modeling in London | |
| Born | 27 August |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Singer/songwriter, fashion model, beauty queen, Founder of Transvalid organisation, President of Miss Trans Global |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
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| Website | misssahhara |
Miss Sahhara (stylized as Miss saHHara)[a][2] is a British Nigerian singer, model, beauty queen and human rights advocate.[3][4]
With her 2011 participation in Miss International Queen, a beauty pageant in Pattaya for transgender women, Miss Sahhara became the first trans woman from Nigeria to come out in the international press.[5][6] She subsequently founded a global transgender awareness news curation organisation called TransValid.[7][8]
In 2014, she became the first black transgender woman to win an international beauty pageant when she was crowned Super Sireyna Worldwide 2014 on Eat Bulaga!, Philippines longest noontime show.[9][10][11]
- ^ "DISCLAIMER | Miss saHHara putting the record straight". www.misssahhara.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Trans woman: 'I left Nigeria to save my life'". BBC News. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Meet Nigerian Model Who Was Once Male". pulse.ng. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Dachen, Isaac (9 July 2014). "Big Dreams: Miss Sahhara To Represent Nigeria At World Transgender Pageant". pulse.ng. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Scars of prejudice underlie glamour of transgender pageant". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "#7 – The Story of Nigeria's First Transgender Woman". Africa.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Mohan, Megha (16 March 2017). "Why transgender Africans turned against a famous feminist". BBC News. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Miss saHHara is a singer/songwriter, fashion model, beauty queen, and a human rights advocate". transvalid.org. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ News, G. M. A. (25 July 2014). "Super Sireyna: More heart than beauty". GMA News Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Nigerian Trans woman, Ms Sahhara, wins Ms Super Sireyna Worldwide: Eat your heart out Transphobic Nigeria!". YEMMYnisting. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ News, G. M. A. (1 August 2014). "Sahhara's journey". GMA News Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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