Miss Botswana tonight

The grand finale is scheduled to take place tonight at the University of Botswana (UB) Indoor Sports Centre and one of the 12 finalists will be crowned queen.

From the time of the auditions to date the organisers have not yet announced the prize money stating that they are working on logistics. “The money is there and we are yet to meet with other committee members this afternoon (yesterday) to discuss on how much we will allocate to the queen and the runner ups,” Miss Botswana coordinator, Dorcas Thobega said. She had previously noted that this year the prize money will be more compared to last year’s since it was a jubilee year. The prize money then was P300,000.  “We have also agreed that when the queen wins she will not be given all the money immediately after the finale. The queen will be given half upon winning and the other amount when her reign ends so that they stay focused and aligned to their duties,” Thobega said. Meanwhile, outgoing Miss Botswana Thata Kenosi will not be available to crown her successor at tonight’s grand finale since she left the country last weekend for Britain where she is pursuing her studies.