Miss Sahhara

Miss Sahhara (stylized as Miss saHHara) is a British Nigerian beauty queen and an LGBTQ rights activist.

She was the first person to win the Super Sireyna Worldwide 2014 pageant in Manila, Philippines. She is also the first Black transgender woman to win an international transgender beauty pageant. With her 2011 participation in Miss International Queen, a beauty pageant in Pattaya for transgender women, Miss Sahhara became the first trans woman from Nigeria to come out in the international press. She later started a global news group called TransValid to raise awareness about transgender issues, and she also created an advocacy beauty pageant for transgender women called Miss Trans Global.

 Biography 
Miss Sahhara grew up in a small village in northern Nigeria. Her grandmother took care of her while her mother was in university and supported her gender identity. However, many neighbors and some family members did not accept her. As a teenager, she liked wearing makeup, dresses, and high heels, but people at home and in the community bullied her for it. She faced harassment, threats, and other harmful treatment. Her uncles beat her, and her church said she was controlled by evil spirits.

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Category:Beauty pageant winners
Category:British LGBT rights activists
Category:LGBT rights activists
Category:Nigerian LGBT people
Category:Nigerian activists
Category:Transgender women