Jawahir Ahmed (Somali: Jawaahir Axmed; Arabic: جواهر احمد) is a Somali-American model.
Her family had moved to the United States earlier that year as the civil war in Somalia began.
[1] Her family hails from the Osman Mahamoud[2] sub clan of the larger Majeerteen[2] For her post-secondary education, Ahmed is studying at the Utah State University on a scholarship.
[1][3] Ahmed is concurrently working for AmeriCorps and the CPASS college preparation program.
[4] In 2013, she represented Somalia in the Miss Africa Utah pageant, which she wound up winning.