Khadija Omar is the first ever representative of Somalia at Miss World 2021. She was announced as Miss World Somalia 2021 on 16th November 2021.
20 year old Khadija Omar, a psychology major, is the first hijabi contestant to represent Somalia at Miss World 2021. Growing up, Khadija lacked media representation of hijab models, leading her to idolize people who looked different from her, but she was inspired after seeing Somali model Halima Arden on the global stage, and the desire to represent black Muslim girls in magazines, television shows, films grew even more, a dream that has eventually came through through the Miss World Somalia platform.
Having grown up as a refugee at the camps, she fully understands that harsh climate conditions in Somalia such as water shortages, drought, locust infestation, floods has internally displaced more than 2.3 million people with women and children experiencing these effects the most.
On her beauty with a purpose program, Khadija will work with the UNHCR and Somali Youth Action in creating livelihood and climate education programs especially for women and kids, work in relocating vulnerable persons from a flood-prone settlement for internally displaced people, secure sites where the IDPs will be provided with transitional shelter and emergency relief kits as well as fundraising money for them to begin a sustainable life after they are relocated.