1. Aheu Deng Kudum was born on November 28,1986 and is a South Sudanese-Ethiopian fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder.
13 Facts About Aheu Deng
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Aheu Deng won the title of Miss Earth South Sudan 2009 at the annual beauty pageant, organized by South Sudan's Ministry of Tourism and Beauties of Africa Inc, the exclusive franchise holder.
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General Aheu Deng achieved acclaim for his courageous leadership in the Sudan People's Liberation Army rebel attack on the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
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Aheu Deng was born in Itang, which was a South Sudan rebel camp, and won the Beauties of Miss Earth South Sudan 2009 pageant on June 10,2009.
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Aheu Deng inherited the crown from Nok Duany, who held the 2008 Beauties of South Sudan title by virtue of the franchise holders appointment.
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Aheu Deng speaks five different languages including English, Swahili and some Arabic.
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Aheu Deng speaks the indigenous South Sudan languages of Dinka, which is her mother tongue, and the Acholi dialect, both of which are Nilotic languages.
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Aheu Deng had to drop out of high school and did not finish her education due to being forced to marry a stranger whilst living in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya.
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Aheu Deng is the eldest of four girls and was raised by a single mother after her father General Deng Kudum was killed on May 8,1992, when he led a Sudan People Liberation Army rebel attack on Juba, Sudan.
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Aheu Deng's feat has been submitted to the Guinness World Records for inclusion and certification as the World's Tallest Beauty Queen.
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Aheu Deng's managers received numerous television show appearance requests for her after she won the title of Miss South Sudan in 2009.
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Aheu Deng started the Miss South Sudan Foundation in 2011 to advocate women's causes, and to speak against child marriage, of which she was a victim herself.
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Aheu Deng represented South Sudan in the 9th edition of the Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center on the Island of Boracay, Philippines, on 1 November 2009, with its final on November 22,2009.