Miss Pakistan World is the oldest national beauty pageant for women of Pakistani descent from around the world that selects the Pakistan's official representative to international pageants including Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, Miss Cosmo, Miss International and Miss Global. In 2026, they selected the first Miss World representative for Pakistan.The event used to be held in Toronto, Canada but has moved to Pakistan and is held annually in Lahore, Pakistan.
History Launched in Canada & USA The pageant was originally launched in 2002 by Sonia Ahmed 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.Dominus, Susan, "Pakistan May Not Be Ready for Its Beauty Queen", New York Times, 18 December 2008, retrieved 13 January 2009 The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned was Zehra Sheerazi on 1 February 2003.
Moved to Pakistan In 2020, during Covid-19, the Miss Pakistan World pageant moved to Lahore, Pakistan. The first Miss Pakistan World to be crowned on the soil of Pakistan in August 2020 was Areej Chaudhary. On 23 May 2021, Miss Pakistan World announced that it would allow trans women to compete in a separate pageant called Miss Trans Pakistan. Shyraa Roy became the first trans woman to win the Miss Trans Pakistan 2021 title.
On 31 January 2022, the crowning ceremony was held in a bigger way and new titles were introduced; Miss Pakistan Universal, Miss Pakistan Supreme, Miss Pakistan National, Miss Pakistan Global, Ms. Pakistan Universe, Mrs. Pakistan Universal, Mr. Pakistan Universal and Mr. Pakistan Global.
In 2022, the first Christian girl, Dr. Shafaq Akhtar was crowned Miss Pakistan Universal in Lahore, and went on to compete in 3 international pageants and since then brought back two winning titles for Pakistan. She is scheduled for 2 more international pageants in the coming years.
On May 31, 2023, the crowning ceremony was held in Lahore, Pakistan and 8 new girls were crowned including the next transgender girl crowned on the soil of Pakistan, Alina Khan. On May 31, 2023, one of the first Pakistani girl of Bangladeshi descent, Dr. Kapotaqkhy Chanchala was crowned Miss Pakistan Universal 2023. She has represented Pakistan in the Miss World Tourism 2023 in Sri Lanka and in Miss Earth 2023 in Vietnam as Miss Earth Pakistan 2023.
On 24 May 2024, Lahore saw yet another national pageant with the crowning of new winners. On the 30th of May 2025, the 6th Mr. & Miss Pakistan Event was held in Lahore, Pakistan.
Entry into Miss World On 15 July 2026, after 25 years, the pageant officially entered Miss World with Anniqa Jamal Iqbal as the first ever candidate to represent Pakistan in the biggest pageant in the world with 120 contestants participating.
Titleholders Miss Pakistan World Year Representative From Host city Host country 2026 TBA PunjabLahorePakistan 2025 Mia Sadique Punjab 2024 Wajiha Ihsan Sindh 2023 Misbah Arshad Punjab 2022 Anniqa Meraj Punjab 2020 & 2021 Areej Chaudhary Islamabad 2019 Arooj Bokahri Punjab 2017–18 Diya Ali Punjab 2016–17 Ramina Ashfaque Sindh Toronto Canada 2015 Anzhelika Tahir Punjab Toronto Canada 2014 Aatka Feroz Punjab New Jersey United States 2013 Shanzay Hayat Khyber PakhtunkhwaMississaugaCanada 2012 Zanib Naveed Punjab 2011 Sanober Hussain Punjab 2010 Annie Rupani Sindh 2009 Ayesha Gilani Punjab 2008 Natasha Paracha Punjab 2007 Mahleej Sarkari Balochistan 2006 Sehr Mahmood Sindh 2005 Naomi Zaman Punjab 2004 Batool Cheema Punjab 2003 Zehra Sheerazi Sindh Ottawa Canada
Wins by province ProvinceTitlesYears Punjab 12 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025 Sindh 7 2003, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2024, 2023 Balochistan 1 2007 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1 2013 Islamabad 2 2019, 2020, 2021
Mrs Pakistan World
Mrs. Pakistan World (Urdu: مسز پاکستان ورلڈ ) is a beauty pageant hosted in Toronto for married women of Pakistani descent. The contest was launched in 2007 with Misbah Yasin–Iqbal being the first winner. Saiyma Haroon, Mrs. Pakistan World 2012 was the first Pakistani married woman to win from Norway. In 2018, Usma Kashaf was sent to Lady of Brilliancy in Taiwan and won the title "Lady of Popularity" for Pakistan. In 2020, Ravish Zahid–Thomas became the first Catholic Pakistani to win Mrs. Pakistan World. In 2022 the first Mrs. Pakistan World was crowned on the soil of Pakistan. Nida Khan was the first married woman at age 26 to be crowned in Lahore, Pakistan. In 2023 the winner of Mrs. Pakistan World 2023 was Fatima Fakhar.
Year Representative From Host city Host Province References 2024-25 TBA PunjabLahorePunjab 2023-24 Fatima Fakhar Punjab 2022 Nida Khan Punjab 2020–21 Ravish Zahid–ThomasPunjab 2019 Humaira Iqbal Punjab 2017–18 Usma Kashaf PunjabTorontoCanada 2016Muskan Jay Punjab 2015 Noor Sheheryar Punjab 2014 Mariam MohammadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa 2013Farah MahmoodPunjab 2012 Saiyma Haroon Punjab 2011 Nyla Hasan Sindh 2009–10Tahmena Bokhari Punjab 2008 Saman Hasnain Punjab 2007Misbah Yasin–Iqbal Sindh Wins by province ProvinceTitlesYears Punjab 11 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 Sindh 2 2007, 2011 Balochistan 0 None Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1 2013 Islamabad 0 None
Miss Trans Pakistan On 23 May 2021, the first Miss Trans Pakistan was announced. The crowning ceremony took place in Lahore, Pakistan on 25 May 2021.
Year Representative From Host city Host country 2023 & 2024 Alina Khan Lahore, PunjabLahorePakistan 2021 & 2022 Shyraa RoySialkot , Punjab
Editions In January 2022, Sonia Ahmed began the first pageant on Pakistani soil in Lahore, Pakistan. This was initiated after the crowning of Areej Chaudhary in August 2020 and the successful launch of the Miss Trans Pakistan pageant on 25 May 2021. The ceremony for the winners of Miss Pakistan, Mrs. Pakistan and Mr. Pakistan took place on 31 January 2022.
Both overseas Pakistanis and local Pakistanis are allowed to participate in the pageants and the ceremony takes place in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan & Overseas Edition 2025
The 2025 edition o Mr. and Miss Pakistan will be taking place in Lahore, Pakistan. Year Representative Title Representing Host city Host country 2025 Afshan Ahmad Miss Pakistan Universal Lahore, PunjabLahorePakistan 2025 Syeda Dua-e-Khadija Miss Pakistan Global Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2025 Syeda Fizza Fatima Naqvi Ms. Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2025 Saba Chaudhary Miss Pakistan Supreme Islamabad 2025 Mia Sadique Miss Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2025 Hassan Abdullah Mr. Pakistan World Islamabad
Pakistan & Overseas Edition 2024 The 2024 edition of Mr. and Miss Pakistan took place at the Faletti's Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan. This was the 5th event held in Lahore, after the first crowning that took place in 2020, followed by the Miss Trans Pakistan inaugural event, and then the ceremonies for Mr. & Miss Pakistan 2022, 2023 and the current year of 2024.
These winners will be off to represent Pakistan internationally in the upcoming international pageants.
Year Representative Title Representing Host city Host country 2024 Kokab Mahmood Miss Pakistan Universal Lahore, PunjabLahorePakistan 2024 Mehwish Butt Miss Pakistan Global Lahore, Punjab 2024 Dr. Rabail Aslam Ms. Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2024 Ali Javaid Mr. Pakistan Universal Karachi, Sindh 2024 Wajiha Ihsan Miss Pakistan World Karachi, Sindh 2024 Usman Janjua Mr. Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan & Overseas Edition 2023 The Miss Pakistan 2023 ceremony took place at the Grand Palm Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan and the new titleholders were crowned by Areej Chaudhary and Dr. Shafaq Akhtar. In the month of July 2023, Dr. Kapotaqkhy Chanchala, Miss Pakistan Universal 2023 was sent to Miss World Tourism 2023 in Sri Lanka and will be representing Pakistan in the Miss Earth 2023 pageant to be held in Vietnam.
Year Representative Title Representing Host city Host country 2023 Kapotaqkhy Chanchala Miss Pakistan Universal Karachi, SindhLahorePakistan 2023 Warda Muneeb Rao Miss Pakistan Global Lahore, Punjab 2023 Shafina Shah Ms. Pakistan World Islamabad 2023 Beenish George Ms. Pakistan Universe Lahore, Punjab 2023 Fatima Fakhar Mrs. Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2023 Sabeen Baledina Miss Pakistan Supreme Karachi, Sindh 2023 Misbah Arshad Miss Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2023 Alina Khan Miss Trans Pakistan Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan & Overseas Edition 2022 The 2022 edition took place at the Alladin's Lounge in Gulberg, Lahore on 31 January 2022.
In September 2022, Dr. Shafaq Akhtar represented Pakistan in Miss Aura International 2022 in Turkey, and was sent to Miss Planet International 2023 held in Vietnam in the month of January. She won the title of Miss Humanity in Miss Planet and had also won the title of Miss Rixos Sungate (a sponsor title) in Miss Aura International. She later participated in Miss Elite 2023 in Egypt but did not win any title.
Year Representative Title Representing Host city Host country 2022 Shafaq Akhtar Miss Pakistan UniversalLahore, PunjabLahorePakistan 2022 Sana Hayat Miss Pakistan Global Lahore, Punjab 2022 Alamdar Khan Mr. Pakistan Universal Islamabad 2022 Muhammad Umer Mr. Pakistan Global Lahore, Punjab 2022 Nida Khan Mrs. Pakistan World Lahore, Punjab 2022 Attaullah Gujjar Mr. Pakistan World Faisalabad, Punjab
Year Representative Title Representing Host city Host country 2022 Anniqa Meraj Miss Pakistan World Lahore, PunjabLahorePakistan 2022 Sara Kast Miss Pakistan National Lahore, Punjab 2022 Sabrina Wasim Miss Pakistan Supreme Lahore, Punjab 2022 Uroosa Raza Mrs. Pakistan Universal Karachi, Sindh
Top Pageant Representatives The following Pakistani beauty queens have represented Pakistan in the top Big Four international beauty pageants major international beauty pageants for women.
In 2005, Naomi Zaman became the first girl to represent Pakistan in Miss Earth 2005 as Miss Earth Pakistan.In 2013, Shanzay Hayat, Miss Pakistan World 2013 was the first contestant to represent Pakistan in Miss Grand International 2013 as Miss Grand Pakistan. In 2018, Anzhelika Tahir became the first Pakistani beauty queen to represent Pakistan in Miss Supranational. She represented Pakistan in Miss Supranational 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. In 2023, Misbah Arshad became the first delegate to represent Pakistan in Miss International. She represented Pakistan in Miss International 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. In 2026, Anniqa Meraj became the first Pakistani beauty pageant titleholder to represent Pakistan in Miss World 2026 in Vietnam.
Miss World Following are the representatives of Miss World Pakistan at Miss World pageant.
YearProvinceMiss PakistanPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial Awards 2027 Punjab TBA colspan="2" 2026 Punjab Anniqa Jamal Iqbal colspan="2"
Miss Earth Pakistan Following are the representatives of Miss Earth Pakistan at Miss Earth pageant.
YearCity ProvinceMiss Earth PakistanPlacement at Miss EarthSpecial Awards 2025 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dua-e-Khadija Unplaced Gold Medal for Group Earth Project 2024 Gujrat Mehwish Butt Unplaced 2023 Sindh Kapotaqkhy Chanchala Unplaced 2022 Punjab Anniqa Jamal Iqbal Unplaced 2021 colspan=4 2020 Punjab Areej Chaudhary Unplaced colspan=5 2017 Sindh Ramina Ashfaque Unplaced 2016 Punjab Anzhelika Tahir Unplaced Talent Competition Winner 2015 colspan=4 2014 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shanzay Hayat Unplaced Talent Competition Winner 2013 colspan=4 2012 Punjab Zanib Naveed Unplaced Silver Medal 2011 Punjab Sanober Hussain Unplaced Miss Friendship 2010 colspan=4 2009 Punjab Ayesha Gilani Unplaced 2008 Jhelum Nosheen Idrees Unplaced 2007 colspan=4 2006 Sindh Sehr Mahmood Unplaced 2005 Punjab Naomi Zaman Unplaced
Miss International Following are the representatives of Miss International Pakistan at Miss International pageant.