Thata Kenosi misses out on Miss World
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
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Miss Botswana 2016, Thata Kenosi
Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico walked away as the winner of this year’s Miss World and succeeded Mireia Lalaguna Royo of Spain.
Despite being a favourite to win The Great Pageant Community (TGPC) Miss Popularity, where she was on second position, she did not make it to the top 20 contestants. Kenya and Ghana were the only African countries to make it into the top 20.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...