Miss Pakistan World is a nationalbeauty pageant for women of Pakistani descent from around the world. The event used to be held inToronto,Canada but has moved toPakistan and is held annually inLahore, Pakistan.^[1]

The pageant was originally launched in 2002 bySonia Ahmed^[2] under the name of Miss Canada Pakistan.^[3] The organizers held the event in Canada^[4] due to security concerns and the general attitude towards pageants held by thePakistani public. The pageant has taken place in Canada every year since with the exception of 2014, which was held inNew Jersey.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned was Zehra Sheerazi on 1 February 2003.

In 2020,^[10] during Covid-19, the Miss Pakistan World pageant moved toLahore, Pakistan. The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned on the soil of Pakistan in August 2020 wasAreej Chaudhary.^[11][12][13]On 23 May 2021, Miss Pakistan World^[14] announced that it would allow trans women to compete in a separate pageant calledMiss Trans Pakistan.Shyraa Roy became the first trans woman to win the Miss Trans Pakistan 2021 title.^[15][16][17]

On Jan 31, 2022, the crowning ceremony was held in a much bigger way and new titles were introduced;Miss Pakistan Universal,^[18] Miss Pakistan Supreme, Miss Pakistan National, Miss Pakistan Global, Ms. Pakistan Universe, Mrs. Pakistan Universal, Mr. Pakistan Universal and Mr. Pakistan Global.^[19]

In 2022, the firstChristian girl,^[20] Dr.Shafaq Akhtar^[21] was crownedMiss Pakistan Universal^[22] in Lahore, and went on to compete in 3 international pageants and since then brought back two winning titles^[23] for Pakistan. She is scheduled for 2 more international pageants in the coming years.^[24]

On May 31, 2023, the crowning ceremony was held inLahore,Pakistan and 8 new girls^[25] were crowned including the nexttransgender girl crowned on the soil of Pakistan,Alina Khan.^[26]On May 31, 2023, one of the firstPakistani girl ofBangladeshi^[27] descent, Dr. Kapotaqkhy Chanchala was crownedMiss Pakistan Universal^[28] 2023. She has represented Pakistan in the Miss World Tourism 2023 inSri Lanka and inMiss Earth^[29] 2023 inVietnam asMiss Earth Pakistan 2023.

On the 24th of May 2024, Lahore^[30] saw yet another national^[31] pageant with the crowning of new winners.^[32]

Mrs. Pakistan World (Urdu: مسز پاکستان ورلڈ) is abeauty pageant hosted inToronto for married women of Pakistani descent.^[72] The contest was launched in 2007^[73] with Misbah Yasin–Iqbal^[74] being the first winner. Saiyma Haroon, Mrs. Pakistan World 2012 was the first Pakistani married woman to win fromNorway. In 2018, Usma Kashaf^[75] was sent to Lady of Brilliancy inTaiwan and won the title "Lady of Popularity" for Pakistan. In 2020, Ravish Zahid–Thomas became the first Catholic Pakistani to win Mrs. Pakistan World.^[76][77]In 2022 the first Mrs. Pakistan World was crowned on the soil of Pakistan. Nida Khan was the first married woman at age 26 to be crowned in Lahore, Pakistan. In 2023 the winner of Mrs. Pakistan World 2023 was Fatima Fakhar.

On 23 May 2021, the firstMiss Trans Pakistan was announced.^{[citation needed]} The crowning^[91] ceremony took place in Lahore, Pakistan on 25 May 2021.

In January 2022,Sonia Ahmed began the first pageant on Pakistani^[78] soil in Lahore, Pakistan. This was initiated after the crowning ofAreej Chaudhary in August 2020 and the successful launch of theMiss Trans Pakistan pageant on 25 May 2021. The ceremony for the winners of Miss Pakistan, Mrs. Pakistan and Mr. Pakistan took place on 31 January 2022.^[78]

Both overseas Pakistanis and local Pakistanis are allowed to participate in the pageants and the ceremony takes place inLahore,Pakistan.

The 2025 edition o Mr. and Miss Pakistan will be taking place in Lahore, Pakistan.

The 2024 edition of Mr. and Miss Pakistan took place at theFaletti's Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan.^[99] This was the 5th event held in Lahore, after the first crowning that took place in 2020, followed by the Miss Trans Pakistan inaugural event, and then the ceremonies for Mr. & Miss Pakistan 2022, 2023 and the current year of 2024.

These winners will be off to represent Pakistan internationally in the upcoming international pageants.

The Miss Pakistan 2023 ceremony took place at the Grand Palm Hotel inLahore, Pakistan and the new titleholders were crowned byAreej Chaudhary^[103] and Dr. Shafaq Akhtar. In the month of July 2023, Dr. Kapotaqkhy Chanchala,Miss Pakistan Universal^[104] 2023 was sent to Miss World Tourism 2023 inSri Lanka^[105] and will be representingPakistan^[106] in theMiss Earth 2023^[107] pageant^[108] to be held inVietnam.

The 2022 edition took place at the Alladin's Lounge in Gulberg, Lahore on 31 January 2022.

In September 2022, Dr. Shafaq Akhtar represented Pakistan in Miss Aura International^[120] 2022 inTurkey, and was sent to Miss Planet International 2023 held inVietnam in the month of January. She won the title of Miss Humanity in Miss Planet^[121] and had also won the title of Miss Rixos Sungate (a sponsor title) in Miss Aura International. She later participated in Miss Elite^[122] 2023 inEgypt but did not win any title.

The following Pakistani beauty queens have representedPakistan in the topBig Four international beauty pageants major internationalbeauty pageants for women.

In 2005, Naomi Zaman became the first girl to represent Pakistan inMiss Earth 2005 asMiss Earth Pakistan.In 2013, Shanzay Hayat, Miss Pakistan World 2013 was the first contestant to represent Pakistan inMiss Grand International 2013 asMiss Grand Pakistan. In 2018,Anzhelika Tahir became the first Pakistani beauty queen to represent Pakistan inMiss Supranational. She represented Pakistan inMiss Supranational 2018 inWarsaw,Poland. In 2023, Misbah Arshad became the first delegate to represent Pakistan inMiss International. She represented Pakistan inMiss International 2023 inTokyo,Japan.

Following are the representatives ofMiss Earth Pakistan atMiss Earth pageant.

Following are the representatives of Miss International Pakistan atMiss International pageant.

The first Miss Pakistan World to represent Pakistan at the Miss Supranational pageant was Anzhelika Tahir, followed by other Miss Pakistan World winners. Miss Pakistan World 2023 Misbah Arshad and Miss Pakistan World 2021 Aina Qureishi both have participated but unplaced.

Following are the representatives of Miss Supranational Pakistan atMiss Supranational pageant.

The pageant has been criticized by Pakistani feministAmna Buttar of theAsian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights, who wrote in an email to theNew York Times, "In Pakistan, we are trying to get basic rights for women: right to marry, right to divorce, equal opportunity for job and education, and issues like Miss Pakistan create problems for this movement. An average Pakistani young woman does not want to wear abikini^[139] in public, and for her it is important to have equal opportunity and all focus should be on that, and not on a pageant where only the elite can participate."^[9]Sonia Ahmed, the president of Miss Pakistan World, defended the event as a movement for self-expression, saying that the participants have the freedom to do as they wish.^[140] In 2006, Culture Ministry official Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry questioned the wearing^[141] of bikinis^[142] to represent Pakistan.^[143]

In 2010 the organizers were criticized for holding the pageant inRamadan and during the2010 Pakistan floods.^[144][145]

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