Aheu Deng

Immaculate Aheu Deng (born Nov 28, 1986) is a beauty queen and fashion model from South Sudan. She won the title of Miss Earth South Sudan 2009 at the annual beauty pageant, organized by South Sudan's Ministry of Tourism and Beauties of Africa Inc, the exclusive franchise holder.

Immaculate Aheu Deng
Born
Aheu Kudum Deng

1986 (age 34–35)
Itang Rebel Camp, Ethiopia.
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack
Major
competition(s)		Miss Earth South Sudan (Winner)
Miss Earth 2009 (Placed 20th out of 80)

Miss Earth South Sudan 2009

Aheu Deng was born in Bor, South Sudan, won the Beauties of Miss Earth South Sudan 2009 pageant on June 10, 2009. She inherited the crown from Nok Duany,[1] who held the 2008 Miss Earth South Sudan title by virtue of the franchise holders appointment.

Aheu speaks five different languages, and had to drop out of high school as a student. She did not finish her education due to being forced to marry a stranger whilst living in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Northern Kenya. She is a survivor of Kakuma Refugee Camp and a forced early marriage at the 15. The eldest of 4 girls raised by a single mother after her father General Deng Kudum was killed on May 8, 1992 when he led an SPLA rebel attack on Juba, Sudan.

Gen Kudum was one of 9 Bor Dinka brothers killed in the war of Independence against the North Sudan.

World's Tallest Beauty Queen

Aheu, who stands 6 feet 5 inches (1.95 m) tall[2] remains the tallest documented Beauty Queen ever to take part in any Grandslam and any beauty pageant for that matter, her feat has been submitted to the Guinness World Records for inclusion and certification as the Worlds Tallest Beauty Queen.

Her managers have been receiving numerous television show appearance requests for her, after winning the Miss South Sudan 2009.

In 2010, she would begin a world tour covering Asia, Europe and South America as a spokesperson for South Sudan, following the Miss Earth 2009 pageant.[3]

Miss Earth 2009

Aheu Deng represented South Sudan in the 9th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant,[3][4] which was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, in the Island of Boracay, Philippines, on 1 November 2009 with its final on November 22, 2009.[5]

See also

References
  1. https://archive.is/20120710125458/http://digg.com/celebrity/Nok_Nora_Duany_is_Miss_South_Sudan_2008. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714102448/http://www.missespana.com/newforos/index.php?s=16490fbcebaaf41a91c36b42b0151f1e&showtopic=63348&pid=599347&st=0&. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024120147/http://womanoftheearth.tv/cms/index.php/miss-earth-2009/south-sudan/172-me-south-sudan-09-deserves-to-be-in-the-guinness-book-of-world-records. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Univision | Shows, Entretenimiento, Noticias, Deportes y Novelas". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  5. Ramos, Duane (2009-09-02). "Boracay Convention Center is the Venue of Miss Earth 2009". Woman of the Earth Online Magazine and Community for Miss Earth. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
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