Afghan Beauty Goes From Burka To Bikini:
Vida Samadzai is the first Afghan entrant in an international beauty contest for 30 years and the first since the fall of the hard line Islamic Taliban Government in 2001 to fight in for the Miss Earth title. The dark haired Miss Samadzai 25 was born and raised in Afghanistan but left for U.S.A in 1996 to escape the turmoil of civil war and the rise of the Taliban religious movement. The only other Miss Afghanistan was Miss Zohra Daoud who joined Miss Universe contest in 1972.