THE 39 years old mother of two children Apameh Senauer who lives in Berlin and hails from Iran crowned “Miss Germany“, in the country’s national beauty pageants, which have decided to reward personality and not external appearance and the catwalk in bikinis.

Apameh came to Germany from Iran at the age of six. She studied architecture, became a successful businesswoman and is married to a German.

As she said in the competition, she wants to offer her support to young women where is immigrant women and her motto is “never give up”.

Apameh’s choice was applauded by many, but it also provoked reactions from others who consider pageants to be beauty contests and not political beliefs.