Her STORY 

Qaia Naim binti Hullon-West was born on September 27th, 2015, which fell on the day of a blood red supermoon—red from Rayleigh scattering. From the start, she was full of surprises, from arriving on the exact expected due date to the sharp awareness she displayed at only a few weeks old. She has always been very strong and had excellent motor skills even at birth. Her innate passion, drive, and dedication to always be on the move has led her to roll over at 14 weeks, sit up at 16 weeks, walk at 8 months, and jumping/running at 9 months. She did her first pull up at 13 months. For the last few months she has regularly been doing some sort of yoga or martial arts poses, whether during play or watching TV.  She loves to stretch, jump, and kick. Very mature for her age, she also enjoys her studies. She has always loved number games from when she was only a few months old, and began to read her books daily at nine months of age. Though not fully in English quite yet, she loves to read the stories passionately aloud in her own language. She also studies Mandarin, Spanish and Arabic languages regularly due to coming from a multi-cultural family. Currently she is bilingual in both English and Malay. Her passion for books has grown tremendously—her first word every single morning is “book,” even before her morning milk. Her first phrase was “I Love You,” and her favorite words are “Thank You” and “Yaaaaay!” She has always been a sweet, smiling ball of energy. Her loud, infectious personality and attitude are comical. It’s hard to imagine how so much fierceness can fit in such a small package.

THE FUN FACTS

Favorite Activities:   Reading, Laughing, Squats & Exercising
Odd Obsession:   Planet Mercury in her books
Favorite Item:   Blankets to chew on
Likes To: Run, jump, squat (vigorously), walk/run around in circles around large obstacles, slide on her knees, play peekaboo, play on her parents’ bed, fall asleep in parents’ bed, setting bottles upright, setting bottles in cupholders, cleaning up (putting toys away & wiping surfaces), giggle and laugh loudly 

Favorite Person: Her Grandfather
Shows She Likes: Bin Bin’s Adventures, Teletubbies, Dino Lingo Malay DVDs, Let’s Learn Arabic with Zaky
Favorite Foods: Oatmeal, Bananas (or Pisang as she calls it in Malay), various crunchy snacks
Favorite Words: Book, Susu (Milk in Malay), Thank you, Bye, Baby, Nana
Most Ticklish Spot: Soles of feet

THE Funny facts

When she eats, she goes “Mmmm Nummy!” for every few bites when she finds it delicious.

Says “NoOo” to herself when doing something she knows she shouldn’t be doing, but does it anyway and laughs.

Used to lift her chair above her head and walk around using it as a weight to do lifting practice at the age of 9 months.

Only learned to sit still in that very same chair at age 15 months—and was very proud because she vigorously claps and yells “Yayyy!” every time the squeak in the chair activates.

AWARDS

Sunburst Beauty Pageant  |  City
Won the title of First Princess—the second highest ranking
Received a First Princess trophy and awarded three medals for:
+  Best Smile
+  Prettiest Hair
+  Best Personality

Sunburst Beauty Pageant  |  Statewide
Placed State Finals Top Ten in Florida
Received an Angel Trophy, Princess Crown, and adorable stuffed puppy toy
Won the Top Model Look award medal and Pink Tiara
State Finals Patriotic Wear 4th place Trophy