Vida Samadzai performing at a Water Kingdom event in May 2012
Born
(1978-02-22) 22 February 1978 (age 46)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Nationality
Afghan-American
Citizenship
United States
Education
California State University
Vida Samadzai (born 22 February 1978) is an Afghan-American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Afghanistan 2003. As the first Afghan woman to participate in an international beauty pageant since 1974, her appearance in a red bikini in the 2003 edition of Miss Earth pageant created controversy in her native country.[1][2] She was a contestant on the popular reality show Bigg Boss in 2011.[3]
^Beauty prize for Miss Afghanistan Archived December 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com, 10 November 2003
^Miss Afghanistan named "beauty for a cause", St. Petersburg Times, 10 November 2003.
^"Models, wrestler, transgender: Bigg Boss 5 inmates". Indiavision news. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
VidaSamadzai (born 22 February 1978) is an Afghan-American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Afghanistan 2003. As the first...
swimsuits in general) were socially disapproved. For example, in 2003, VidaSamadzai from Afghanistan caused an uproar in her native country when she participated...
for tourists from across the world who often wear minimal swimwear. VidaSamadzai was the 2003 Afghani contestant for the Miss Earth title. She was severely...
World doesn't have bikinis, their ratings go right down the tubes." VidaSamadzai was the 2003 Afghan contestant for the Miss Earth title. She was severely...
Court judge VidaSamadzai (born 1978), Miss Afghanistan 2003 Vida Dutton Scudder (1861–1954), American educator and welfare activist Vida Steinert, (1903...
Affairs Minister Habiba Surabi expressed outrage at Miss Earth contestant VidaSamadzai for donning a red bikini on stage in Manila. October 27: In attempts...
they acknowledge in their lives." Further challenging the status quo, VidaSamadzai was selected as Miss Afghanistan in 2003, a feat that was received with...
female ambassador to the United States Hamid Rahimi (born 1983), boxer VidaSamadzai (born 1978), model Mohammad Hussain Sarahang (born 1924), singer Aryana...
1954), the first official Miss Afghanistan - Miss Afghanistan 1972 VidaSamadzai (born 1978), candidate in Miss Earth 2003 Zallascht Sadat (born 1986)...
Makati on October 22, 2003. Beauty for a Cause Award was awarded to VidaSamadzai the first Afghan woman to compete in an international beauty pageant...
judges who included last year’s Miss Earth’s Beauty for a Cause awardee, VidaSamadzai, Noel Lorenzana of Unilever Philippines, Stefan Voogel of InterContinental...
musician Ehsan Aman - Afghan musician Zohra Daoud – Miss Afghanistan 1974 VidaSamadzai – Beauty for a Cause of Miss Earth 2003 Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince...
(1896–1998) – founder of Bank-e-Melli Afghanistan Zallascht Sadat – model VidaSamadzai – model Vida Mohammad – model Khwaja Usman – Mughal opponent, Baro-Bhuyan chieftain...
Cameroon Contest "Afghanland.com Afghanistan Miss Afghanistan 2003 VidaSamadzai". Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2008...
Cause award. Montjane became the second winner of this award, after VidaSamadzai from Afghanistan won the first Beauty For a Cause award in 2003. † =...
In 2003, VidaSamadzai, an Afghan, now residing in the United States, received press attention after she competed in a red bikini. Samadzai was the first...
father is from Afghanistan Aman Mojadidi (born 1971), visual artist VidaSamadzai (born 1978, Kabul), actress, model, Miss Afghanistan 2003, and Beauty...
made the most significant social contribution. Miss Afghanistan 2003, VidaSamadzai, received the award for helping found a US-based women's charity that...
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