Miss Universe 2023 judges suddenly compete in the beauty contest, looking for tickets to Miss Universe 2024

Beauty fans are extremely confused and shocked by the news that a powerful judge at Miss Universe 2023 suddenly announced that she was going to a national beauty pageant to find tickets to Miss Universe 2024. This is a rare case. , when the person who used to be a judge retakes the competition he once judged.

On March 24, beauty forums posted information about Halima Aden - judge of Miss Universe 2023 competing in Miss Universe Somalia 2024, attracting the attention of the audience. Previously in 2020, when responding to a comment from the audience, Halima Aden also confirmed that she was competing in Miss Universe Somalia 2024 and wished to become the first Somali woman to participate in the Miss Universe playground.

The fact that Halima Aden participated in a national beauty contest when she was a judge at the Miss Universe contest caused many mixed comments. Many people find it interesting that Halima Aden ventured into the beauty pageant field. They also supported her wish to become the first Somali woman to compete in Miss Universe.

However, there are many opinions opposing Halima Aden's decision. Fans believe that as a Miss Universe judge, Halima Aden should not lower herself by registering for a national beauty contest. In 2016, Aden received attention from the American media when she participated in the Miss Minnesota contest and became the first contestant in the contest to wear a burkini and headscarf.

Thanks to the attention, Aden signed a 3-year contract with IMG Models. Since then, she has walked for many designers, including Maxmara and Alberta Ferretti. She also participated in shows at Milan Fashion Week 2016 and London Fashion Week.

Halima Aden was born in 1997, in Kakuma refugee camp, Turkana county, Kenya. Her family moved here in 1992, after the Somali civil war broke out and the village they lived in burned. In a dry and dusty land where just one rain turns everything into mud, Halima grew up. At that time, few people in the refugee camp expected that this innocent little girl bathing in the rain and playing in the mud could one day become a beauty representative in prestigious fashion magazines in New York.

At the age of seven, Halima Aden moved to America - a place that did not invest in education for refugee children. The teachers who taught her at that time did not even have an ESOL certificate (certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages). As a result, after one year of school, Halima did not learn much. Her mother had to contact the Somali community to ask for her child to be admitted to a better quality school in America.

Halima is Muslim, the hijab (head scarf for Muslim women) is closely associated with her. Since childhood, she was bullied because of this scarf. "I wear it to show people I'm proud of my culture and beliefs. There are many Muslim women who feel they don't fit society's beauty standards. I want to tell them that there is nothing bad about being different and that being different is also a beauty," Halima said.

In June 2017, she became the first hijab-wearing model to appear on the covers of Vogue Arabia, Allure, and British Vogue. In May 2019, Aden became the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in Sports Illustrated swimwear magazine.

In November 2020, Aden announced on Instagram that she was quitting runway modeling because it affected her religious beliefs. Aden received support from Rihanna, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid.

Aden later announced she plans to become the first Somali woman to compete at Miss Universe. In December 2021, she was honored in the BBC's 100 Women ranking.

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