Phirinyane Crowned Miss Botswana

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Oweditse Phirinyane from Serowe was crowned Miss Botswana 2019/2020 during the weekend in Selebi Phikwe.

The 25-year-old beat the first princess, Uua Murangi and second princess, Winfred Motcher to win the coveted crown. Phirinyane shocked everyone by taking the crown home when most people were rooting for Murangi to win.

Phirinyane beat her opponents by answering questions as required. The last question in the top three read; “if you were given the opportunity to sell the SPEDU region to international investors what is it that you would say to win them?”

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