Muslim law student set to be first beauty queen to wear hijab in the Miss England finals
Huddersfield's Sara Iftekhar hopes to take the Miss England crown at Kelham Hall, in Nottinghamshire next week.
A 20-year-old Muslim law student is set to be the first beauty queen to wear a hijab while walking down the Miss England catwalk, according to reports. Huddersfield's Sara Iftekhar hopes to take the Miss England crown at Kelham Hall, in Nottinghamshire next week, according to the Daily Mail. Iftekhar is a popular figure on Instagram and often shared pictures of herself wearing Pakistani fashion on the social networking website. The 20-year-old reportedly said that she "can't even comprehend" how "amazing it is" to have reached the final stage of the beauty pageant.