Hayat Ahmed

Hayat Ahmed Mohammed (born 1983) is an Ethiopian model and beauty pageant titleholder. Her name in Arabic means "life." Hayat Ahmed was Ethiopia's first representative to Miss World pageant. At the time of the competition, she was a third-year student at the Unity University College pursuing a course in Information Management Systems.

At Miss World 2003 pageant with 100 contestants, Hayat made the semi-finals and the title "Continental Queen of Beauty - Africa." The pageant took place in China and was seen by 1 billion people.

Hayat currently focuses her time on promoting condoms and bringing HIV/AIDS awareness to other parts of the country. This has sparked outrage and claims of hypocrisy as she is a Muslim woman promoting safe sex in Ethiopia, a very culturally conservative country, by using very western-style seductive advertisements for condoms on billboards. Provided by Wikipedia