Nigeria 2002 Miss World



in year leading finals in nigeria, several european title holders lobbied governments , eu parliament support amina lawal s cause. number of contestants followed lead of kathrine sørland of norway in boycotting contest (despite controversy sørland go on become semi-finalist in both miss world , miss universe contest), while others such costa rica instructed national governments , parliaments not attend contest. among other boycotting nations denmark, spain, switzerland, panama, belgium , kenya. there further controversy on possibly suspended participation of france , south africa, may or may not have been due boycott. part, lawal asked contestants not suspend participation in contest, saying of country , could, representative of sweden had earlier remarked, make stronger case on ground in nigeria.


despite increasing international profile boycott garnering in world press, contest went ahead in nigeria after being rescheduled avoid taking place during ramadan, many prominent nations sending delegates. osmel sousa of venezuela, 1 of world s influential national directors, famously said there no question (the participation of miss venezuela in contest). trouble did not end there, however. thisday (lagos, nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting muhammad have chosen 1 of wives among contestants had been alive see it, resulted in inter-religious riots started on 22 november in on 200 people killed in city of kaduna, along many houses of worship being burned religious zealots. because of these riots, 2002 pageant moved london, following circulated reports representatives of canada , korea had withdrawn contest , returned respective countries out of safety concerns. fatwa urging beheading of woman wrote offending words, isioma daniel, issued in nigeria, declared null , void relevant saudi arabian authorities. upon pageant s return england, many of boycotting contestants chose attend, including miss norway, kathrine sørland, ironically tipped in last few days number 1 favourite crown had boycotted.


the eventual winner of pageant azra akın of turkey, first predominantly muslim country hold title since egypt in 1954.








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