Andries to represent Botswana at Miss Universe
Tuesday, September 02, 2025 | 140 Views |
The Miss Universe pageant is scheduled to take place on November 21, where Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark will crown her successor at the end of the event. Andries was crowned Miss Universe Botswana 2025 over the weekend at Adansonia Hotel. She outshone other contestants during the final top three questions and answers session. Her brilliant response made it clear she was destined to take the crown home.
Surprisingly, there was no sign of Andries' predecessor, Dr. Thanolo Keutlwile, to hand over the crown to the new beauty queen. The runners-up for the competition were Dabilo Moses and Wangu Modise, respectively.
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...