India, Aug. 15 -- Ameera Hashwi, from Michigan, made history by becoming the first woman in a hijab to be awarded the 'Miss Wayne County' beauty pageant title in Dearborn Heights.

"Hello, my name is Ameera. My service initiative is Step Up and Serve, and I am your new. Miss Wayne County," Hashwi shared in an Instagram post.

Step Up and Serve - Hashwi's chosen platform - focuses on encouraging physical fitness while empowering communities through service. Notably, Dearborn Heights is a Muslim-majority suburb in Detroit.

Hashwi works as an attorney at Seward Henderson PLLC from February 2025, as per her LinkedIn profile. Prior to this, she was a law clerk with NORMA Group, where she had two stints - a short one of three months in 2022, a...