{"id":53768,"date":"2024-07-03T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T05:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=53768"},"modified":"2024-07-03T09:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T05:26:31","slug":"zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is The New Miss Arab USA? Everything We Know About Zenovia Jafar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53772\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53772\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar.jpg\" alt=\"Zenovia Jaffar\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-155x87.jpg 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: @zenoviajafar\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Founded by the Arab American Organization, the annual Miss Arab USA pageant was launched as a platform to empower young women of Arab descent, celebrate Arabian heritage and culture, and unite the Arab diaspora in the United States and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the 2024 edition of the contest took place in Arizona, crowning Iraqi-American Zenovia Jafar as the reigning title holder. At 28 years old, Zenovia moved to the US with her family as a toddler and later flourished into a luxury fashion and lifestyle content creator.<br \/>\n        <blockquote class=\"instagram-media \" style=\"background: #ffffff;border: 0;margin: 1px;width: 100%;padding: 0;\"  data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7SNGJwRsIn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Arab News<\/em>, Zenovia says she is proud of how she has been able to stay so close to her cultural roots. &#8220;&#8230; I never let go of who I was and where my family came from. And I think that\u2019s something that is so important when you grow up away from home, is to stay connected to who you are. Because at the end of the day, all you have is your roots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything we know about Zenovia Jafar.<\/p>\n<h3>She is a first-generation American<\/h3>\n<p>After spending two years in Syria, Zenovia moved with her family to the US to escape the war in Iraq in the 90s. She currently resides in Michigan and is one of nine siblings.<\/p>\n<h3>SHE IS COLLEGE EDUCATED<\/h3>\n<p>According to her biography on the Miss Arab website, Zenovia attended Michigan State University where she excelled academically. It is here that she discovered her passion for content creation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53774\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53774\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-155x194.jpg 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jafar-150x187.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: @zeoviajafar\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>SHE&#8217;S A CREATIVE AT HEART<\/h3>\n<p>More than just a social media content creator, Zenovia is a self-taught photographer and previously specialised in engagements and senior photography to support herself throughout university. She is also a self-taught makeup artist, is a lover of poetry, and has tried her hand at multiple crafts.<\/p>\n<h3>SHE&#8217;S PASSIONATE ABOUT PHILANTHROPY<\/h3>\n<p>Through her newfound platform, Zenovia is eager to uplift underdeveloped communities and raise funds for different charities. She seeks to amplify the voices of people who do not have a voice.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>SHE CHAMPIONS EMPOWERMENT FOR ARAB WOMEN<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Arab News,\u00a0<\/em>Zenovia says she encourages Arab women to always venture out of their comfort zone. She advises young Arab women to push their limits in order to grow, and consistently try to do better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42714,"featured_media":53772,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[260,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Is Zenovia Jafar? Meet The 2024 Miss Arab USA Winner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Is The New Miss Arab USA? Everything We Know About Zenovia Jafar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/\",\"name\":\"Who Is Zenovia Jafar? Meet The 2024 Miss Arab USA Winner\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-03T05:26:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T05:26:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Who Is The New Miss Arab USA? Everything We Know About Zenovia Jafar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/\",\"name\":\"Grazia Middle East\",\"description\":\"Grazia&#039;s Middle East Site\",\"alternateName\":\"Grazia ME\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who Is Zenovia Jafar? Meet The 2024 Miss Arab USA Winner","description":"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who Is The New Miss Arab USA? Everything We Know About Zenovia Jafar","og_description":"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.","og_url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/","og_site_name":"Grazia Middle East","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/07\/Zenovia-Jaffar.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/","url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/","name":"Who Is Zenovia Jafar? Meet The 2024 Miss Arab USA Winner","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-03T05:26:31+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-03T05:26:31+00:00","description":"Getting to know the Iraqi-American content creator who currently holds the crown.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/zenovia-jafar-miss-arab-usa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Who Is The New Miss Arab USA? Everything We Know About Zenovia Jafar"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/#website","url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/","name":"Grazia Middle East","description":"Grazia&#039;s Middle East Site","alternateName":"Grazia ME","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Grazia Middle East","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/53768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}