Kookilwe scoops Miss World Heritage Botswana crown

She started the pageant on a high note reciting a beautiful poem about Africa. Her dresses were also on point corresponding with the pageant's motto. She also brilliantly answered the judges' questions on both top five and top three categories which earned her the crown. Kookilwe will represent Botswana at the Cultural Queen Africa 2023 competition which will be held in Nigeria in August.

She won a prize money of P15,000, certificates and toiletry. She will be working on projects that focus on culture, tourism and heritage. Meanwhile, Onneile Chibuda and Maduo Modisane scooped the first and second princesses titles respectively. They also put on a good fight. Other women who made it to top five include Lucia Osupile and Kaone Ketlogetswe who unfortunately could not make it to the next round. The first runner-up received P1,000, certificates and toiletries as well while the second runner-up walked away with a P500, certificates and toiletries. In an interview with Showtime, the pageant's director Gabby Gosekwang said Miss World Heritage beauty pageant is about empowering girls in relation to their roots and help them remember where they come from. She explained that the Miss World Heritage Botswana is a pageant that was dedicated to promoting culture heritage and tourism.