Miss Pakistan Universal () is a national beauty pageant title awarded to

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representatives competing at the various international contests like Miss Aura International, Miss Planet and Miss Elite. The title "Miss Pakistan Universal" was first created by president of

Miss Pakistan World Miss Pakistan World is a national beauty pageant for women of Pakistani descent from around the world. The event used to be held in Toronto, Canada but has moved to Pakistan and is held annually in Lahore, Pakistan. History Launched in Canad ...

Sonia Ahmed Sonia Ahmed (Urdu: سونیا احمد) (born 23 August 1980) as Sonia Iqbal Ahmed, is a Kuwait-born Canadian Pakistanis, Pakistani and founder of Miss Canada Pakistan Inc., now known as Miss Pakistan World, Mr. Pakistan World and Mrs. Pakistan W ...

when the winner of Miss Pakistan Universal was assigned to represent the country at the Miss Aura International 2022 in

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History

The first Miss Pakistan Universal was crowned on 31 January 2022 in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. Dr. Shafaq Akhtar was also the first

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girl to even win a pageant and represent Pakistan internationally. She was also the first working doctor to win the Miss Pakistan Universal title. Shafaq Akhtar took part in three international pageants from 2022 to 2023. She was the first delegate sent to Miss Aura International 2022 in

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, as well as Miss Planet 2023 in

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and finally Miss Elite 2023 in

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. She further went on to win two titles for Pakistan. She won a sponsor title Miss Rixos Sungate in Miss Aura International 2023 and Miss Humanity in Miss Planet International 2023. On 31 May 2023, the second Miss Pakistan Universal was crowned, and this time this was the first Bangladeshi decent girl from

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

to be crowned. Kapotaqkhy Chanchala was inspired by Shafaq Akhtar and applied for the pageant. Kapotaqkhy went on to participate in Miss World Tourism 2023 in

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and then was assigned to the third largest pageant in the world,

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one ...

2023. In a press conference in

, Kapotaqkhy Chanchala along with

Areej Chaudhary Areej Chaudhary (Urdu: اریج چوہدری; born 7 May 1997) is a Pakistani actress and the winner of Miss Pakistan World 2020 and was sent to Miss Earth 2020 virtually to represent Pakistan. She is also a psychologist by profession. Earl ...

2020 urged young girls especially professionals to partake in pageants. On May 31, 2024 the next Miss Pakistan Universal 2024 was crowned in the

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. This was the third year of Miss Pakistan Universal.

Miss Pakistan Universal

Wins by province

International pageants

References

{{Reflist, 30em Beauty pageants in Pakistan Recurring events established in 2022

History

Miss Pakistan Universal

Wins by province

International pageants

See also

References