Seabe, Adamson are the queens
Boniface Keakabetse | Thursday May 22, 2014 10:24
Eleven Christian women participated in the pageant. Former Miss Malaika 2005, Vehae Tjiriange, founded the Queen Esther Beauty pageant in 2010. It aims to provide a platform for born-again Christian women to contest in a beauty pageant that upholds godly values. The pageant is a celebration and the ultimate expression of true beauty, intelligence and integrity. It is a search for the most inwardly and outwardly beautiful and talented young woman who displays a Christian character and is a good role model for this generation.
This year the contest was divided into the teen and senior sections. The contestants went through two sessions. In the first session the young women took to the podium with red cocktail dresses. In the second, the young women changed to evening wear where seven out of 11 participating women were chosen for the questioning session. Three women finally made it through.
In the senior section the first princess was Oaitse Marewa, while the second princess was Gomolemo Serero. In the teen section there was only one princess crowned, Neo Nkawana.
The senior queen scooped P3,000 prize money, the first princess P2,000 and the third princess P1,000. In the teen section the winner got P1,000, while the second princess scooped P500. All the winners also got a year’s coaching services courtesy of the events main sponsor, Lemon Dove Company. The senior category winners had more to smile about as each won a six months course of their choice also sponsored by Maun-based TSL Business Academy and Mighty Skills College.
Two guests from Namibia and South Africa graced the pageant. Addressing the contestants and a sizable crowd, Musa Njoko, a South African gospel musician and motivational speaker living with HIV, said people must believe in God, work hard at everything they do to make it in life. Juliet Mupuria, a gender activist from Namibia hailed the pageant for its role in promoting and helping young women in Botswana and the whole of Africa to live a positive life founded on Christian beliefs to become better future leaders.
Speaking in an interview, pageant organiser Tjiriange said that this year’s edition was an improvement from the previous competitions. She said the attendance at the event has improved as well as the quality of the contestants in the pageant.
She said all the 11 contestants who battled for the crown came from all over Botswana.
She said they spent more than P50,000 to cover all the expenses for the event.