Miss Sahhara (stylized as Miss saHHara, pronounced Sahara), is a British Nigerian beauty queen, fashion model, singer-songwriter, trans woman and human rights advocate. She is known for representing Nigeria in international beauty pageants to draw attention to the plights of LGBTQI+ people in Africa. In 2011, she became the first Nigerian trans woman to come out publicly in international press during the Miss International Queen beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand. On 19 July 2014, she was crowned the first-ever Super Sireyna Worldwide in Manila, Philippines, making her the first black trans woman to be crowned winner in an international beauty competition. After winning Super Sireyna Worldwide, she founded a global transgender awareness news curation organisation called TransValid. She is