Tebogo who represented Botswana in the pageant, which was held on September 30, acknowledged that being a contestant in the highly competitive pageant opened her eyes, and made her grow as a beauty queen. While she appreciates having been given the opportunity to experience what it is like to contest in an international pageant, she said the pageant had a lot of hiccups especially on the side of the African contestants.

The pageant, which many believe to be fair, disadvantaged contestants from African countries Tebogo revealed. She said while contestants from other countries enjoyed media coverage, and a lot of exposure, the African contestants were often ignored, and excluded from certain activities.

This lack of exposure and media coverage, played a big part in the final outcome, as the results of the pageant were largely dependent on voting. Tebogo said the most perplexing thing was that even the Miss World website featured other contestants, but most of the African contestants did not appear on it, neither were their voting numbers featured.

"People did not even know our voting numbers, which was very strange," she said.

She however said as African contestants they grouped themselves and went to complain to the relevant authorities, who dismissingly told them that they had not noticed anything, and promised to rectify the problem, which was never done. She told members of the media that while she had never experienced racism, the treatment they received made them feel inferior.

She however noted that even though that was the scenario, it did not totally demoralise her from giving it all her effort. She and the others in her group made it a point to strive to make it happen for themselves, rather than wallow in the misery of not being given the same treatment as the other contestants.

"We did not come all the way here to be made miserable, we are queens in our own countries," she said, emphasising that that was the stand the African contestants ended up taking.

The president of Botswana Council of Women BCW, Patricia Welsh, told members of the press that her organisation will not let this slide, saying that it is her intention to write to Miss World and launch a formal complaint.

While Tebogo shared her displeasures, she also appreciated the chance, saying that after winning the Miss Botswana title, she was still in the dark about what such a title entailed, explaining that taking part in Miss World, and her reign as Miss Botswana made her discover who she is. She said she is happy she achieved what she wanted to at the age of 21. She said even though she did not win it was a good experience, noting that she left Poland having learned a lot about 103 different countries around the World.

"And I believe 103 queens knowing what Botswana is all about," she said. Tebogo thanked her sponsors - expressing most gratitude to Choppies Botswana, which she said did not let her down at any point.

She also thanked the mother body, BCW, the Department of Youth and Culture, and the media for the support they gave her during her reign. Tebogo however said handing over her crown will not mean that her duties are over, she promised to work closely with BCW in grooming future Miss Botswana's, and also promised to act as a role model for school going children, by addressing them.