Miss Pakistan World

The pageant was originally launched in 2002 by Aatka Feroz under the name of Miss Canada Pakistan. The organizers held the event in Canada due to security concerns and the general attitude towards pageants held by the Pakistani public. The pageant has taken place in Canada every year since with the exception of 2014, which was held in New Jersey.[2][3][4][5][6] The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned was Zehra Sheerazi on 1 February 2003. The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned on the soil of Pakistan is the reigning titleholder of 2020, Areej Chaudhary.

The following women have represented Pakistan in two of the Big Four international beauty pageants major international beauty pageants for women.

The following women have represented Pakistan in many minor international beauty pageants for women.

The pageant has been criticized by Pakistani feminist Amna Buttar of the Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights, who wrote in an email to the New York Times, "In Pakistan, we are trying to get basic rights for women: right to marry, right to divorce, equal opportunity for job and education, and issues like Miss Pakistan create problems for this movement. An average Pakistani young woman does not want to wear a bikini[49] in public, and for her it is important to have equal opportunity and all focus should be on that, and not on a pageant where only the elite can participate."[6] Sonia Ahmed, the president of Miss Pakistan World, defended the event as a movement for self-expression, saying that the participants have the freedom to do as they wish.[50] In 2006, Culture Ministry official Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry questioned the wearing[51] of bikinis[52] to represent Pakistan.[53]

In 2010 the organizers were criticized for holding the pageant in Ramadan and during the 2010 Pakistan floods.[54][55]

• Sonia Ahmed
• Mrs. Pakistan World

• Miss Pakistan World website