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THE BEAUTY BEHIND PAGEANTS ESWATINI

By Nokwanda Sibandze | 2022-09-18

Pageants Eswatini is a national beauty pageant body duly mandated to develop, promote and protect the beauty pageantry industry in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

The Pageants Eswatini is pursuant of its mandate as delegated by the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) under the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs, hosts the Miss Eswatini Beauty Contest.

This organisation has been running the pageants with the help of some individuals and companies for a couple of years now and the fruits of their work are visible.

Many have complained that pageants in Eswatini should be dissolved, especially after three years of no participation or activity and over a decade of not participating in international well-known pageants such as Miss World.

However this year, the association seemed to have gone back to the drawing board and fixed its mistakes.

Since the year began, all pageants were dissolved except for the Miss Cultural Heritage. This helped the association put together a team that would be able to prioritise the pageants and work hard to make them become respected and esteemed again.

The theme for Miss Eswatini ‘Be A Beacon of Hope’.
The world has been through the most in these past two years, and the pageant seeks to be a guiding light, a safe harbour, a beacon of hope, a solid foundation for those in the kingdom.
According the this year’s organising team participating contestants are drawn from the regions through the regional eliminations in each region.

From each regional elimination, the contestants shall then compete to qualify for the National Competition, which shall be the final to crown the Miss Eswatini queen.

The eventual winners, queens, shall be engaged to participate in national development initiatives such as charity projects and other important projects aimed at empowering the micro-communities in the kingdom.

Pageants Eswatini, working through an Organising Committee, shall ensure a competitive and inclusive contest to choose the pride of Eswatini this year.
With all the necessary management systems and controls in place for the event, Pageant Eswatini is working towards assuring sponsors and partners to enjoy huge benefits from the staging of such a national event.

Pageants Eswatini with a full mandate from ENCAC, hereby wishes to seek support and sponsorship for the realization of this national contest that also contributes significantly to the government development plans.

Miss Eswatini event was held for the first time in 1975. The expo was controlled by Eswatini Excellence Exhibition Affiliation (ESBPA) in the kingdom.
The queen of Miss Eswatini has contended at Miss World exhibition, starting from the origin of the expo in 1975 with Vinah Mamba as the country's most memorable global delegate.

Miss Eswatini will be investing heavily on its capacity to deliver and support free and persuaded young women who will assume a significant part in our general public through their various abilities and capacities during this time's Miss Eswatini show.

Beginning around 2010, Eswatini has not competed at the Miss World, the last up-and-comer is Nompilo Mncina (as Miss Swaziland 2009).
These days the champ will accept go about as a generosity diplomat in the Realm of Eswatini and will go to Miss Africa magnificence show.

It's uncertain that the realm will naturally return to Miss Universe or even Miss World contest. We hope that this year, the crowning will be as exciting as the past years and as glamorous as well.

It will also be exciting to see how the new members of the committee which mostly consists of young people pull this one.
We wish them all the best.

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