Early life and education
Islam was born in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, and was raised in Gendaria Thana. She works as a professional model, and is a student at South-Point School and College in Dhaka.
In 2017, Islam has participated in the Miss Bangladesh 2017 competition. Originally, she was announced as the second runner-up, but after it was revealed that host Sheena Chohan read the results incorrectly, Islam was crowned first runner-up behind Jannatul Nayeem. Immediately after the results were revealed, several judges of the competition came forward stating that they chose Islam as the winner, but Nayeem was crowned Miss Bangladesh 2017 instead.[1]
Five days after the competition, Nayeem was dethroned and Islam was crowned Miss Bangladesh 2017 in her place, after it was discovered that Nayeem had been previously married in 2013, before divorcing two months afterwards.[2][3][4] Official rules state that no contestants may be currently or previously married.[5][6] Islam will now represent Bangladesh at the Miss World 2017 competition.[7][8][9] At Miss World, Islam was declared the winner of group six of the Head-to-Head Challenge, giving her a guaranteed spot in the Top 40.[10]
