India, Sept. 2 -- Pageant gowns are often designed to dazzle, but Miss World Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle's latest look carried a far more intimate story. Created for the World Designer Award, the dramatic ensemble drew inspiration from the seven anatomical layers involved in a C-section, turning the physical journey of childbirth into a couture statement. (Also read: Friday Fashion Flashback: The Indian Maharaja who commissioned Cartier's most extraordinary necklace with 2,930 diamonds )

Designed by Keesha Abdallah, Layers of Life was born from the designer's fascination with the anatomy of a C-section and the layers involved in the procedure. Abdallah, a new mother herself, found the subject particularly personal, drawing on her own exper...