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Balesamang juggles pageantry, farming

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Mosa Dolly Balesamang, commonly referred to as ‘The Farmer Pageant Girl’ is a farmer, animal scientist, environmentalist and a pageant woman.

This beauty is the current Miss Earth Botswana 2021, a pageant that advocates environmental sustainability and conservation. In an interview with Arts & Culture, she said she believes her life paths have been carved out for her in the most extraordinary way.

Balesamang added that being a farmer prompts one to be sensitive about their actions and how they impact on the ground they farm on, even for years to come. She explained that she was honoured with Miss Earth Botswana title because of her project: Morui Ithute Initiative, which is a platform for smart agriculture learning and skills capacitation for farmers.

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