Naomi Zaman
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Naomi Zaman is a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i beauty queen, who represented Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 in the 2005 edition of the environmentally oriented beauty pageant, Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

. She is the first Pakistani woman to participate in any major international beauty contest
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

, which created international headlines.

Miss Pakistan World 2005

Born on January 8, 1985 in Toronto, Canada to Pakistan Parents, Naomi Zaman was raised in a Pakistani household and growing up in Canada gave her a good understanding of both western and Eastern Cultures. In hopes of making a difference in the Pakistani community on a global scale, Naomi Zaman competed and became the third Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant held in Mississauga, Ontario. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom...

 in 2005.

Naomi went on to compete in several international pageants including Miss Tourism Queen International 2005 and notably the Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

 pageant, one of the three largest pageants in the world. Naomi Zaman won 2 international titles during her reign as Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant held in Mississauga, Ontario. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom...

 2005 . She won as second runner-up of Miss Disco Girl of the Year and Miss Best in Talent in the special events of Miss Tourism Queen International 2005. These marked the first two international special awards ever won by a Pakistani delegate.

Currently Naomi is working on pursuing a recording career, being the winner of Best in Talent both in the Miss Pakistan World pageant and in the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant. Naomi Zaman's music is a diverse futuristic sound that's a representation of East and Western culture.
Her trip to the Miss Earth competition in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

in 2005 was significant in bringing awareness to the beauty and positivity of Pakistan.

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