Ramasedi is 2010 Miss Universe Botswana
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Ramasedi has competed in other prestigious local beauty events such as Miss Botswana in 2009 where she was eliminated in the top five after failing to answer questions adequately. Refilwe Lesole is the first princess whilst crowd favourite and former Miss Botswana, Itseng Kgomotso, became the second princess.
Scintillating music from the Royal Tenors rocked the show, which started way behind schedule due to some logistical problems. As the spectators were about to return to their respectable homes, traditional dance group, Dikakapa graced the stage and sang their Dikakapa Di A Goroga track, which to everyone's joy introduced the contestants for the first time in traditional wear. Without wasting time, the 16 stunningly beautiful girls proceeded to make brief introductions of themselves and their values. Kgatleng district seemed to have a larger representation of the contestants aged between 19 and 23. The Bakgatla contestants expressed pride in their culture and some commended Bakgatla paramount chief, Kgosi Kgafela for reviving the traditional initiation ceremony in Kgatleng. The theme of the pageant was "Marketing Botswana's culture, diamonds and tourism".
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...