Dont give up on your dreams

After repeatedly trying out her luck in the Miss Botswana beauty pageant from 2010 without a win, the newly crowned Nicole Gaelebale never gave up. She kept on trying out until this year when she was finally crowned Miss Botswana 2017-2018. The starlet chats with Arts & Culture correspondent DUMISANI NCUBE about her journey to the throne

Nicole Gaelebale’s journey in the most coveted pageant in the country started around 2009 when she was scouted by the Miss Botswana team. At the time she was just crowned Miss Teen Botswana and the team urged her to join the pageant.  However, it was not long after the scouting that the team later discovered that she was doing Form Five and advised her to instead enlist the following year.

“I came back the following year.  This is when I tried out with Emma (Wareus). I tried with Rose (Rosemary Keofitlhetse) the following pageant and I also tried with Thata (Kenosi). There is no such thing as I have overdone something.  Never give up on your dreams. Never get tired of doing what you love until you get it right,” 26-year-old Gaelebale said. She claims to have drawn the zeal from her mother who advised her not to give up despite her previous failures.

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