Sabahan Girl Needs To Prove She’s Not Muslim To Enter Beauty Pageant

A beauty pageant contestant from Sabah Unduk Ngadau (UN) had to prove that she’s not Muslim to enter a local beauty competition.

Having a very Malay-sounding name, Nurul Yanadido who is one of the finalists in the beauty pageant went viral on social media in the past few days due to the name “Nurul”, a very common female Muslim name that comes from the arabic word “Nur al” which means “light”.

 

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Nurul Yanadido Finalis UN Kota Marudu 2019 Viral di Media sosial tempatan mengenai insiden si gadis manis ini yg terpaksa membawa Surat pembaptisannya untuk mendaftar di UN KM kerana risau dipersoalkan agamanya. Namanya merupakan penyebabnya. Lawa bah namamu itu Nurul. Nurul merupakan gadis manis yg mempunyai wajah cantik dan fresh, sudah mempunyai pengikutnya tersendiri.mbpfc doakan agar Nurul berjaya nanti ya! Mari kita cubuk-cubuk dulu gambar dia ni. All the best mandak! Kredit foto buat pemiliknya?? #mbpfc #info #undukngadau @olunduslady @sabahqueen_

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Nahh bagi yg tertanya tanya adakah si Nurul pandai ckp bahasa Ibunda atau tidak.Dgr ni.Macam airrr dia becakap. Btw foto sebelah kiri masa Sodop diambil oleh @imilayhapictures dan kanan di backstage selepas Event. Good Luck Nurul.Semoga berjaya di final ya?? #mbpfc #info @runduktadau @olunduslady @sabahqueen_

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Sabah’s Islamic Administration Enactment and a fatwa issue by the state fatwa committee prohibits Muslim women from taking part in beauty pageants, so Nurul had no choice but to bring along her baptism certification to prove that she’s not Muslim to register Kota Marudu Unduk Ngadau beauty pageant.

Nurul became a hot topic on social media, not only because of her name but also due to her beauty which is said to have the features of a Middle Eastern.

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Though Nurul didn’t get placed in the Top 3, she went home with a sweep of four subsidiary titles including Miss Natural Beauty, Miss Cahaya Bridal, Miss Popular and Miss La Soul at the event, as reported by MMO.