Pageant News Bureau - Pakistan 2004

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Salma the great

She has been called the "dusky beauty who became the first woman from the land of the purest Indus ever to compete successfully at an international pageant." The language is as flowery and lovely as the green hills of Pakistan, and you know the woman they're talking about.

She's 20-year-old Salma Ilyas, who was Miss Photogenic at the Malaysian edition of Miss Tourism Intercontinental. Now this exotic lady, with features perfect for the best Asian international pageants, is set to storm Europe. She will represent Pakistan as Miss Indus in the Miss European Union contest in Budapest, Hungary, from April 20 to May 5, 2004.

Salma Ilyas

(From left) The designer Tomasz, Salma Ilyas, Usman Aman, model/actor Hasan Javed.

Here, in this exclusive feature for PNB, you see her in her official wardrobe, which includes her evening gown, her national dress and the swimming costume designed by upcoming Pakistani designer Tomasz.

Salma, we salute you. Pakistan is proud, and Europe is waiting.

Photography by Anwer Dadabhoy. Original text provided by Thomas Fernandez. Contest photographs courtesy of Ministry of Tourism, Sarawak.

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