Miss Mini Botswana 2021 is a queen with a big heart

Katlego Monamela
Katlego Monamela

Many people believe that beauty pageants are all about looking pretty and walking down the ramp showing off beautiful garments. But that is not the case with nine-year-old Katlego Manamela from Mochudi won Miss Mini Botswana 2021 title after outshining fellow competitors.

The aspiring doctor who proved to be a beauty with brains is a standard four pupil at Phakalane English Medium School who wants to save people’s lives in future. This young queen told Arts & Culture that she joined Miss Mini Botswana beauty pageant because she wants to help the less privileged members of the community. She added that if she continues winning beauty pageants in future she aspires to take some of the money she wins to build a business that would create jobs for Batswana.

“My main concern is to see young boys and girls from poor families live a better life because I believe that every child must have the right to shelter, good health and education. Winning the crown means a lot to me. I want to be a role model to my peers. The pageant taught me how to build self-confidence, team spirit as well as modeling. It also taught me how to nature my talent. One of the projects that I will be doing during my reign includes helping under privileged families,’ she said.


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