D- Day for Miss Botswana 2015 finals
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Miss Botswana top 16 finalists during the meet and greet session at GICC. PIC: DUMISANI NCUBE
The last Miss Botswana was held in 2013, where Rosemary Keofitlhetse was crowned the winner. The 2013 queen has not received her prize up now, even though her reign was much longer than usual one-year reign.
Miss Botswana media director, Tshepo Maphanyane, said the finals would be exciting and glamorous. She said models would not only be judged from what would take place tonight but also on the assessment that was done along the journey to the finals. The models have been going through assessments in the various bootcamps. “The night will concentrate on the contestants, what the country has to offer and the production,” she said.
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...