After winning the national competition, Shakirova competed at Miss Grand International 2023, becoming the first Uzbek queen to participate in the pageant.

[1] Amaliya Shakirova was born and raised in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in a family with mixed racial and religious backgrounds.

By the age of thirteen, Amaliya began traveling as a model, living independently, and graduated from the Professional College of Design.

[2][3] Amaliya's modeling career started at the age of 13 when she was scouted by Figaro Agency, which was formerly based in Uzbekistan and is currently located in Malaysia.

Shakirova works as a part-time model and has walked the runway for major fashion brands in countries such as Japan and Italy.

Despite having only two weeks to prepare, she secured the first runner-up position at Miss CosmoWorld and won the Best Creativity award, sponsored by Carrie Friend, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

She competed in Miss Grand International held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on October 25, where she ended her journey in the pageant placing in the Top 20 out of sixty-nine contestants.