Miss Cross Country BW queens take home numerous gifts
Monday, April 25, 2022 | 40 Views |
Miss Cross Country queens received numerous awards on Saturday
Even though the organisors tried their best to award each contestant for a job well done, the first people to be recognized were the contestants that made it to top five. The pageantry had four categories namely Little, Pre-Teen, Teen and Miss Cross Country.
However, all the queens in all the categories walked home with numerous gifts hampers that included tuition fees for the little to teen categories while Miss Cross Country Botswana won herself a full year scholarship from Gaborone University College (GUC). The queens won themselves jewelry pieces from Delma's Jewelry shop.
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