Beauty queen glad to honor her faith

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By Pamela J. Podger

Roanoke's Anisah Rasheed represents North Carolina A&T State University.

Excited and jittery, Anisah Rasheed of Roanoke pondered a fashion dilemma that few beauty queens have faced before: Matching her coronation gown with her hajib, a headscarf worn by Muslim women.

Rasheed, 20, was crowned Miss A&T for 2005-06 on Thursday night in a sparkling fishtail gown -- with a tiara glittering over her golden hajib -- during homecoming ceremonies at North Carolina A&T State University.

University officials say Rasheed is the first Muslim selected as campus queen by the 11,000-student school. She'll be featured, along with others from black colleges and universities, in an upcoming issue of Ebony magazine.

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