Saturday, November 22, 2014

African Beauty in Pictures: 14-20 November 2014

A selection of photos from around the African continent this week:

Finalist of Muslim beauty pageant of the 2014 World Muslimah Awards Blqis Adebayo of Nigeria sits during a tour at the Borobudur temple complex, Indonesia's ancient Buddhist temple built between the 8th and 9th century in Magelang, Central Java on 17 November 2014
Nigerian Muslim beauty pageant finalist Blqis Adebayo tours an ancient Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia on Monday. About 25 finalists from around the world compete in the final round of the competition in the city of Yogyakarta from 13-21 November...


Models present creations made of bark cloth material by fashion designer Jose Hendo during the first fashion week show held in Kampala on 15 November 2014
Two days earlier, models present creations made of bark cloth material by fashion designer Jose Hendo during the first fashion week show held in Uganda's capital, Kampala. The designer has made dresses from the cloth of Uganda's indigenous mutuba trees, mixed with cotton, silk and denim.


Contestants take part in the 2014 South Sudan Miss Malaika beauty pageant on November 15, 2014 at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba
While on Saturday, these women show their finest outfits at a beauty contest in South Sudan's capital, Juba. Twelve contestants took part in the event organised by the South Sudan Artists Association. The contest has been running annually since the 2005 peace accord, which ended the decades-long north-south conflict. South Sudan achieved its independence in 2011.

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