22 year old Finance, Pre-Medicine student and entrepreneur, Bahja Mohamoud is Miss World Somalia 2022. She grew up with a very early passion for medicine, mental health awareness and education, with a particular interest in healthcare within the Somali community.
Her first business was a chemical dependency clinic that had the goal of reducing the stigma of mental health conditions and co-occurring drug addiction in her community when she was only 18. Bahja’s hobbies include swimming, boating, piano, violin, volunteering at animal shelters & cooking every cuisine under the sun.
Her beauty with a purpose project aims at launching her own health foundation and medical clinic in her hometown; Beledweyne, Somalia, a remote village that lacks medical access, This goal will be achieved by utilizing a network of medical practitioners via Telehealth and rotational assignments.