Tahmena Bokhari
Tahmena Bokhari is a Pakistani-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder and social worker. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and spent several childhood years in Faisalabad, Pakistan. She won Mrs. Pakistan World 2010 in Toronto and became the 4th Pakistani woman in history to represent married women on an international platform.
Biography
Social work
Growing up, Bokhari developed an interest in social causes and began volunteer work in the hopes of addressing community issues. She obtained her master's in social work from the University of Toronto and subsequently traveled abroad, working with orphans, victims of poverty, and natural disaster survivors. For six weeks, she worked in the relief efforts following the October 8, 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, including serving as a translator for foreign doctors.
As a college professor, Bokhari teaches social work courses at Seneca and George Brown colleges. She has worked as a consultant to governments and organizations, and as a public speaker and writer, including in the Greater Toronto Area. She focuses on diversity, ending violence against women, health (particularly cancer), and issues involving immigrants and settlement.
Pageantry
Bokhari won the title of Mrs. Pakistan World 2010, making her the 4th winner to hold this title. Bokhari plans to use this platform to raise a larger awareness of the issues she spent previous years working on, as well as to take on the role of a spokesperson for Pakistani women balancing family, community, career and hobbies. Her pageant experience includes winning Mrs. Kohinoor 2009, as well as being a part of the Miss Pakistan World prior to getting married.
As hobbies, Bokhari enjoys modeling, fashion-designing, dancing, writing, and photography.
Relationship columnist and writer
Bokhari has her own column and contributes articles to the largest South Asian Portal in North America, "ItsSouthasian.com," on the topics of relationship, youth, [...] and traditional issues.