Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Miss World Uganda Gown Transforms C-Section Layers Into Couture
Miss World Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle wore a special dress called “Layers of Life.”
Keesha Abdallah designed the dress for the World Designer Award.
The design was inspired by the seven layers doctors work through during a C-section.
The dress uses different colours, fabrics and textures to tell a story about childbirth.
Abdallah also used ideas from her own experience as a new mother.
She studied pictures and details about C-sections while creating it.
She said the colours were not meant to show skin colour or race.
Instead, the gown celebrates motherhood, womanhood and the shared experience of bringing new life into the world.
Muhoza Trivia Elle of Uganda wore the “Layers of Life” gown at the World Designer Award in Vietnam.
Ugandan designer Keesha Abdallah drew inspiration from the seven anatomical layers involved in a C-section.
The ombré gown uses colour progression, layered construction, textures and detailing to depict childbirth.
Abdallah drew on her experience as a new mother and researched imagery related to C-sections.
She said the colours represent stages, textures and transitions in childbirth, not race or skin colour.
- Who
- Miss World Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle wore a gown designed by Ugandan designer Keesha Abdallah.
- What
- The “Layers of Life” couture gown represented the seven anatomical layers involved in a C-section and the broader experience of childbirth.
- When
- At the World Designer Award, identified by one article as part of Miss World 2026.
- Where
- Vietnam.
- Why
- To celebrate childbirth, motherhood, womanhood and the physical experience of women who undergo C-sections.
- Gown
- “Layers of Life”
- Worn by
- Miss World Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle
- Designer
- Keesha Abdallah
- Inspiration
- The seven anatomical layers involved in a C-section
- Design elements
- Ombré colouring, layered construction, textures and intricate detailing
- Event
- World Designer Award in Vietnam
- Colour meaning
- Stages, textures and transitions in childbirth, rather than race or skin colour
