Pakistani model Noor Xarmina is set to represent her country at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico, with a mission to bring attention to pressing issues in Pakistan, particularly women’s safety and climate change.
Xarmina, 29, who won the Miss Universe Pakistan 2024 title in the Maldives on July 20, aims to be an “agent for positive change” and implement ideas to improve women’s safety and combat climate change if she wins the international title.
She says Pakistan faces significant challenges in women’s safety, with thousands of cases of violence against women reported annually, including rape, acid attacks, and “honor killings.” The country is also highly vulnerable to climate change impacts.
“[If I win the Miss Universe 2024 title], I would very quickly want to start implementing some of the ideas I have around safety for women and fighting climate change in Pakistan,” Xarmina, who has studied biology and business, told Arab News in an interview this week. “So, I would immediately want to look into some of these social causes that I’ve spoken about.”