Miss Botswana winners get their prizes

Miss Botswana. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Miss Botswana. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Miss Botswana organisers have delivered on their promise by giving the winners of this year’s beauty pageant all their prizes.

Following the previous years’ controversy surrounding the prizes meant for the winners, this year’s organisers did not want to disappoint.

The queen, Seneo Mabengano received P100,000, while her first and second princesses, Nicole Gaelebale and Peggy Grynberg got P50,000 and P25,000 respectively. The trio was also awarded scholarship courtesy of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. Mabengano received a 100% full degree scholarship to complete her studies at the Limkokwing University in Malaysia and a one month Global classroom experience at Limkokwing London. This includes full tuition fees, return ticket to and from Malaysia at a tune of P588,503.47. The scholarship, however, does not include accommodation nor living allowances. Her princesses have also been given full tuition at the university’s Gaborone campus.

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