Zahara Nakiyaga
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1992}}
| birth_place = Uganda
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| alma_mater = Makerere University
{{small|(Bachelor of Development Studies)}}{{cite web|date=September 2015 | url=https://www.howwe.biz/news/celebrity/10167/miss-uganda-zahara-graduates-today |title=Miss Uganda Zahara Graduates With Degree of Development Studies |access-date=10 September 2018 | publisher=Howwe.biz |author=Gee Mukama |location=Kampala}}
| occupation = Beauty consultant
| years_active = 2015 — present
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Ugandan
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| title = Miss Uganda 2015
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Zahara Nakiyaga, also Zahra Nakiyaga is a beauty pageant contestant who was crowned Miss Uganda 2015 at the age of 23 years.{{cite web|date=11 July 2015 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/23-year-old-Zahara-crowned-Miss-Uganda/-/688334/2783842/-/69gy93/-/index.html | title=23-year-old Zahara crowned Miss Uganda |location=Kampala | access-date=10 September 2018 |newspaper=Daily Monitor | first=Esther |last=Oluka}} She represented Uganda in Miss World 2015 in Sanya, China, in December 2015.
Early life and education Background
Nakiyaga was born to Hajjati Mariam Nabwire, a housewife, and Hajji Muhammed Kiyaga, a businessman, in Wakiso District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda, circa 1992.{{cite web|access-date=10 September 2018 | url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2015/11/meet-the-african-queens-at-the-2015-miss-world-competition/ |date=24 November 2015 |
publisher=BellaNaija.com |author=Adesola Ade-Unuigbe |title=BN Beauty presents the African Queens at Miss World 2015}} After attending local primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. At the time of her crowning as Miss Uganda 2015, she was in her final year of undergraduate studies at the university.{{cite web| title=Nakiyaga is Miss Uganda 2015 |access-date=10 September 2018 |url=https://www.observer.ug/lifestyle/38714-nakiyaga-is-miss-uganda-2015 |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |first=Felix | last=Eupal |date=13 July 2015 |location=Kampala}} Later in 2015, she graduated from the School of Liberal and Performing Arts at Makerere University, with a Bachelor of Development Studies degree.
2015 Miss Uganda pageant
See also
References
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External links
- [https://satisfashionug.com/here-is-why-leah-kalanguka-and-zahara-nakiyaga-were-glaringly-absent-in-this-academy-of-queens-shoot/ Here is Why Leah Kalanguka and Zahara Nakiyaga Were ‘Glaringly Absent’ in this ‘Academy of Queens’ Shoot] As of 8 July 2018.
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Category:Miss World 2015 delegates
Category:Ugandan beauty pageant winners
Category:People from Wakiso District
Category:Miss Uganda contestants
Category:Makerere University alumni
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