Roshanara Ebrahim

Biography

Roshanara Ebrahim (born 15 October 1993) is a Kenyan TV host, model, author and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Kenya 2021. As Miss Universe Kenya, she represented Kenya at Miss Universe 2021. Ebrahim had previously been crowned Mr. and Mrs. Universities 2014, Miss World Kenya 2016 (but was dethroned) and Miss Supermodel International Kenya 2018.

== Personal life ==

=== Early life, family background and education === Roshanara was born in Nairobi. She is of Persian-Somali descent, through her Persian father Mahmood Ebrahim, who is from Iran, and Somali mother Fatou Spirou, who grew up in Kenya. Although born in Nairobi, she grew up in Mombasa where her parents relocated to as they were in the gemstone business. In 2005, she attended Light Academy in Nairobi, and in 2006, she began attending Doon International School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. In 2011, she interned at Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. From 2011 to 2015, she studied international law and legal studies at the University of Nairobi. Roshanara's brother Zul Ebrahim was the winner of Mr. Mombasa County 2016 and participated in the Mr. World Kenya 2016 contest.

=== Heritage === On December 3, 2021, Roshanara revealed her ancestral dna after having taken a MyHeritage DNA test from Miss Universe 2021's official sponsor MyHeritage, an online genealogy platform. According to MyHeritage, Miss Universe Kenya 2021 Roshanara Ebrahim has the most diverse heritage of all Miss Universe 2021 contestants. The test revealed she is of 34.2% Somali, 33.7% South Asian (including East African), 7% North African, 3.6% West Asian (modern day Iran and Turkic peoples), 10.8%. Middle Eastern (Abrahamic-Semitic - Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine), 4.2% Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, 1% Melanesian (Solomon Islands, Indonesia, New Caledonia), 3.3% Nigerian, 0.9% Sierra Leonian and 1.3% Inuit (Canadian indigenous) heritage.

== Career == Roshanara Ebrahim also goes by the nickname Roshanara Love.

=== Modelling ===

==== Early Modeling and varia ==== Roshanara Ebrahim started modelling while she was a student at the University of Nairobi. From November 2012 to December 2014, she was a Strut it Afrika model. In January 2013, she became a Muse Limited director.

==== Professional Modeling and brand ambassador ==== In 2017, she joined Boss Models South Africa in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a Rohto Mentholatum K Ltd. brand ambassador from January 2017 to August 2017, the chief executive officer of World Indigenous Model Search in February 2017. In 2018, she joined Full Circle Model Management in Cape Town and Ice Models Johannesburg in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. In the same year, she became an African Grassroot Hoops brand ambassador. She was commissioned to strut for high-end luxury South African brand Maxhosa in the New York Fashion Week in August, 2019. Gracing the runway with Oluchi Onweagba, Young Paris, Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi and Demi-Leigh Tebow, Atandwa Kani from Black Panther, Aminat Ayinde from America’s Next Top Model and other superstars.