A Bellevue woman from Afghanistan is running for Miss Washington and is seeking help in getting into the semifinals by people voting for her online in the “People’s Choice” portion of the event.
Bahari Ibaadat represents West Bellevue in the pageant and says she is the first Aghan girl in American history to run for an American beauty pageant. Her family moved to from Afghanistan to Washington state when she was 10.
The voting is unlimited and people can vote as often as they wish at misswashingtonusa.com/peoples_choice_voting.php?pageant=m.