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Blogs AN EX AFGHANI, NOT AN EX IRAQI, BECOMES THE FIRST MUSLIM MISS WORLD

Jul 8, 2009

AN EX AFGHANI, NOT AN EX IRAQI, BECOMES THE FIRST MUSLIM MISS WORLD

Clearly, politics played a part in this selection. But any 18 year old young woman who speaks 6 language deserves to make history.

Congratulation Hammasa Kohistani

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Christopher - 9/5/2005

but would this by any chance be fixed somehow?

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