Miss Teen International Botswana is back

The Miss Teen International Botswana was established in 2018 and licenced to Diamond Pageantry Academy, with the aim of finding and developing talented young ladies from across the country.
The Miss Teen International Botswana was established in 2018 and licenced to Diamond Pageantry Academy, with the aim of finding and developing talented young ladies from across the country.

Local teenage beauty pageant, Miss Teen International is back! The Miss Teen International Botswana was established in 2018 and licenced to Diamond Pageantry Academy, with the aim of finding and developing talented young ladies from across the country.

The show comes back after being postponed for a year. The pageantry public relations officer, Chedza Setimela told Arts & Culture auditions for the pageant were held in 2019 after crowning their first queen.

She said they were forced to put the pageant on hold in order to understand the intensity of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, so as to take proper precautions when moving forth with the competition last year.

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