# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shaesta-waiz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:02:19.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shaesta-waiz"
name: "Shaesta Waiz"
slug: "shaesta-waiz"
description: "Shaesta Waiz is an American aviator. She is the first female certified civilian pilot born in Afghanistan, and in 2017, became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft - a record she held until Zara Rutherford completed the flight at the age of 19 in January 2022."
tagline: "Airplane pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shaesta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1987"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.008064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://dreamssoar.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaesta_Waiz"
    title: "Shaesta Waiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaesta_Waiz"
    title: "Shaesta Waiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8"
    title: "شایسته واعظ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaesta_Waiz"
    title: "Shaesta Waiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%AF%E6%96%AF"
    title: "華斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25110363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump