The glamour that was missing from the beauty contest is finally back! The standards were very high in line with the Miss World requirements to ensure that our Ugandan beauty queen is equipped to attend the Miss World final in South Africa.
Maria Namiiro who is Ugandan born and UK based does it again and wins the Miss Uganda 2009 crown. She follows the many African beauty queens who go back home to contest the national crown and go on to represent their respective countries at the Miss World finals. She also won the best traditional/creative wear category.
This was Maria’s 8th beauty contest that she had taken part in globally. Her first prize is a holiday and spending money to a destination of her choice but above all she wins the opportunity to represent Uganda at the Miss World. Her first stop will be undertaking charity work in Northern Uganda in support of the Latitude Care Network – www.latitudecarenetwork.org. It was indeed a very difficult decision, a tie between two beauty queens and it was down to 4 professional judges at international level to decide on the eventual winner.
The full judging process and the way and manner in which the judging was conducted and decided was all explained at yesterday’s press conference Tuesday 28th Sept 09) at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. This was done by the head Judge Sola Oyebade who has over decades of judging experience at international level. The new Miss Uganda organisers have actually gone out their way to show transparency by disclosing the marks of their contest to partners and potential sponsors. The first runner up was Joan Athieno who also won the best swim wear category. The second princess was Grace Kiwanuka and the evening wear category was won by Caroline Nantumbwe.
Mr Uganda 2009 crown was taken by Brian Lukiya who will go to represent Uganda at Mr World 2010 in South Korea. Attached photo is by Eddie Chicco of monitor newspaper. All photos of the event will be uploaded on our website soon so please do bear with us.
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Miss Uganda 2009 – “Promoting Ugandan Beauty, Culture & Heritage”
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