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India.com
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
Miss World 2025: Ethiopia's Hasset Dereje Makes History As First Runner-Up — Meet Beauty Behind The Crown
photoDetails english 2909145 Miss World 2025 saw Opal Suchata from Thailand as the winner with a grand celebration of beauty, intellect and global purpose. Updated:Jun 01, 2025, 07:29 AM IST Miss World 2025 1 / 8 Miss World 2025 was held in New Delhi, India, celebrating global beauty, purpose, and culture. Miss World 2025 Winner And Runner-Ups 2 / 8 Opal Suchata from Thailand won Miss World 2025, with Ethiopia's Hasset Dereje emerged first runner-up and Maja Klajda from Poland won the second runner-up title. First Ethopian 3 / 8 Hasset Dereje, who represented Ethopia, is the first ever ethopian to ever make it this far as the first runner up at Miss World 2025 Maya Charitable Organization 4 / 8 She is the proud Ambassador of the Maya Charitable Organization, working towards youth and community development Hasset Religion and Studies 5 / 8 A Christian, Hasset is a Chemical Engineering student at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU). Hasset Dereje Instagram Story 6 / 8 On her Instagram Story, she shared heartfelt gratitude, calling the pageant a once-in-a-lifetime journey filled with sisterhood and pride. Archana Kochhar Saree 7 / 8 Hasset Dereje looked radiant in Archana Kochhar's intricately designed saree, representing Indian elegance with Ethiopian grace on the Miss World Stage. Pic Credits 8 / 8 (All Image: X/@hasset_dereje Instagram)
BBC News
25-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
BBC Make a Difference: Bucket list charity sees 'positive impact'
A woman who started a charity to help terminally ill adults achieve their dying wishes said winning a BBC award had helped raise the profile of her Hackett, from Burghfield, was the winner of the volunteer category at the BBC Berkshire Make a Difference Awards, which were held in Hackett said the publicity she received after being selected as a finalist had resulted in greater awareness of her charity, and had also led to some donations from listeners who heard her on BBC Radio Tutu Melaku, who won the community award, has urged people to make a nomination for the 2025 awards as it can "affect a whole community". Nominations close on 31 March. Ms Hackett started her charity Bucket List Wishes in 2013 after her mother died from her mother was given just months to live, Ms Hackett encouraged her to make a bucket list and helped her tick off the experiences one by one. After seeing how it helped her, and also gave precious memories to loved ones left behind, she was inspired to start the charity. Since then, the charity has granted wishes to more than 165 terminally ill adults, including animal experiences, mini breaks away, sporting events and arranging for them to meet their favourite celebrities or sports Hackett said: "Just being recognised is really special - this will be our 12th year and I took the award on behalf of all of our amazing volunteers."She said there had been a "really positive impact" since she received the award."With our donations you can actually trace them to the wishes, so we were able to say to those that heard us on the radio and then donated, this is the wish you helped us with."So that was really nice to be able to share the wish story with them." Ms Melaku runs an Ethopian cafe in Reading's Palmer Park and was another BBC Berkshire Make a Difference award took home the community award in recognition of the work she has done to bring people in the town together. Her cafe has become a meeting point for all kinds of groups, among them homeschooling parents, people discussing their mental health, cycling and walking groups and Women's Institute (WI) coffee mornings. "I have 16 groups at the moment... somebody said it's the biggest number in Reading," she cafe is also home to regular open mic nights and community events. Ms Melaku said she was shocked to find out she had been nominated for the award and, even after the win, still had no idea who put her forward. However, she said would urge others to nominate this year. "If you know someone and they are doing something for the community, please do nominate them because the feeling is so lovely," she said."They might think they are just doing their job but you don't know how you impact on people's lives, and when you get that nomination, it makes you want to do more." How to nominate The Make a Difference Awards recognise and celebrate people, across eight different categories, who are going above and beyond to make a difference where they BBC Local Radio station will host an awards ceremony in awards are a chance to say "thank you" and show recognition and appreciation for people who love to make life better for can be made via the BBC Make a Difference website where you can also see full terms and the privacy notice. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
27-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Getting to know Chelsea's world record signing Girma
Naomi Girma is now the most expensive female footballer in the defender's £900,000 move from San Diego Wave to Chelsea shattered the previous transfer who is the 24-year-old who was still playing college football just three years ago?BBC Sport takes a look at five interesting facts about the United States international. Proud Ethiopian heritage Girma is the first player of Ethopian descent to represent the US women's national was born and raised in San Jose, California, but her parents both emigrated to the US from East Africa in their twenties. Her father Girma Aweke was a refugee who fled the war there, while her mother Seble Demissie left Ethiopia to study in the US."Ethiopian heritage, the culture, the food, the language, everything... the community has been such a big part of my upbringing," Girma told BBC Sport. "We had a big community in San Jose. It's always been such a big part of me. I'm very proud of where I come from, where my parents come from."Girma, who speaks both English and Amharic, is proud to wear the famous Stars and Stripes shirt, while still remembering her has a passion for representation and wants to inspire the next generation."A lot of times as a first-generation kid or as an immigrant kid, you don't really see people in places you want to go, doing what you want to do, and it's hard to dream for that," Girma said."For me, it's really important to be clear [about] 'this is where I'm from and this is who I am' and for kids to see that is really important."To be that example and to be that representation is really important to me." Started playing football because of her dad Girma inherited her love of football from her formed a grassroots club - Maleda Soccer - in San Jose, which is where his daughter first began playing."It was just for the Ethiopian kids to get together, play soccer, hang out," Girma said. "The parents would hang out on the side and it was very recreational. I always say it introduced me to the game with absolutely no pressure. It was just for fun."Girma went on to play for Central Valley Crossfire, where her coach Bob Joyce encouraged her into the Olympic Development Program. She then earned a call-up to the United States there she played for Pioneer High School and then Stanford University, but Girma always credits where she started out."I always felt like that first community was supporting me throughout and that always felt special to have them with me." Mental health advocate It was at Stanford University that Girma became best friends with goalkeeper Katie played together for three seasons and won the NCAA national championship together in death by suicide in March 2022 led Girma to begin campaigning for more mental health support in defender, along with some of her US team-mates, has partnered with Common Goal to launch Create The Space - a movement which aims to make the football community a psychological safe environment for everyone."Mental health is really important to me," Girma said. "I lost a friend to suicide, so that opened my eyes to the lack of resources and support that we have as athletes."I really wanted to have a big movement in the soccer world at all levels and brainstorm to say 'how can we make this better? What are actual things we can put into place to make change?'"It's something that's really important to me and something that I've worked really hard on." Inspired to 'use voice' by US legend Morgan Girma has built a close relationship with USA legend Alex Morgan, who she played alongside at both club and international level before the 35-year-old retired in defender, who popped up at Morgan's retirement media conference to ask the final question, describes the former striker as "the perfect example" of how to be a role model on and off the pitch."How she's used her platform and her voice for good – that's something she didn't have to do but she really took it upon herself," Girma told The Women's Game., external "Using your voice for good and using that platform is something I've really taken from her."Girma says she is "really grateful I got to have a seat right next to" Morgan for club and country as it gave her an "understanding [of] how to operate at the highest level for so many years and [an] understanding [of] what it takes to do that".And the appreciation is mutual."I've never played with such a smart defender," said Morgan., external "She doesn't get herself in bad positions because of her positioning and footwork. "She times her tackles perfectly. She rarely has to go to ground as a defender which is very rare to see." From rookie to star in two years Girma's rise to becoming one of the best defenders in the world has been was rewarded for her impressive performances for her university team, the Stanford Cardinal, by becoming the first pick of the NWSL draft when selected by newly formed club San Diego Wave in then made her full international debut that year, and has quickly become integral to her national team, playing every minute at the 2024 Olympics as the United States won gold in performances on the pitch have already seen the accolades start to flood in. Here are a few of her achievements:Named rookie of the year in her first season in the NWSLClaimed the NWSL defender of the year award in 2022 and 2023Named the USA's female player of the year in 2023Nominated for women's player of the year at 2024 Fifa Best Awards and named in the Best Fifa women's XINominated for the 2024 BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
