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Miss Sudan
Beauty Pageant is the creation of Yar Kang.
She grew up in The Republic of the Sudan - a
region that has been torn by civil war for
over fifteen years. The war claimed her
father and brother, and caused her to lose
track of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Yar's dream
had been to pursue a professional modeling
career, but she struggled to find work in
Sudan. At eighteen, she competed in the Miss
Africa pageant and finished in the top five.
A few years later, Yar was working in Cairo
as a babysitter and modeling on the side.
Soon, Yar
learned that her mother was living in Sioux
Falls, and so she made the trip to the
United States. She has since been speaking
at schools and colleges, attending rallies
and working for non-profit groups in order
to raise American's awareness of southern
Sudan and women's rights.
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Rochester Women
Magazine |
Sioux Falls
newspaper |
Yar has made
trips to the Capitol and been featured in
Rochester Women Magazine, in which she
explained her vision for equality and
education for Sudanese women.
Yar has two
sons, Michael and Aloung, who is an aspiring
model, and she lives in St. Joseph,
Missouri.
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