A Nigerian contestant has been crowned the winner of a beauty pageant for Muslims in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.

Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola, 21, won the World
Muslimah 2013 title on Wednesday.
Twenty finalists showed off Islamic fashions
and worked to demonstrate religious values
during the contest.
The pageant was held before the upcoming Miss
World competition, which has drawn protests
from hardline Indonesian Muslim groups.
Finalists in World Muslimah were chosen from
more than 500 who took part in an online
selection process.
One of the rounds involved contenders
comparing stories of how they came to wear the
hijab (Muslim headscarf) - a requirement for
all those taking part.
The finalists hailed from countries including
Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria and
Brunei.
In the run-up to the final, contestants
underwent three days of "spiritual training",
waking before dawn to pray together and to
study the Koran.
All contestants in Muslimah World must
wear the hijab
Ms Ajibola, 21, cried and recited a verse from
the Koran when her name was called as the
winner. She was awarded 25m rupiah ($2,200,
£1,360) and trips to Mecca and India.
She had said in an interview before she won
that she was just trying "to show the world
that Islam is beautiful".
Eka Shanti, who lost her job as a TV news
presenter for refusing to remove her
headscarf, started the pageant three years
ago.
She told Agence France-Presse news agency they
held the pageant days before the Miss World
final "to show that there are alternative role
models for Muslim women".
"But it's about more than Miss World. Muslim
women are increasingly working in the
entertainment industry in a sexually explicit
way, and they become role models, which is a
concern," she said.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Islamic
country.
The Miss World grand final had been scheduled
for 28 September at a venue near Jakarta, but
is now being held in Hindu-majority Bali after
strong protests by Islamic groups.
Miss World organisers have criticised the
Indonesian government for not supporting the
event.

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