MatibinI scoops Miss Earthlife Africa International Botswana title

Utlwanang Matibini, a young woman from from Tsamaya village outshined fellow contestants and won the Miss Earthlife International Botswana title at Hangala, Ruretse on Friday.

The new queen is not only a beautiful face but is a l s o intelligent. She has Bachelor of Arts

(Hons) in

Broadcasting and

Journalism and is currently working as a journalist at Queen

Magazine.

Her breathtaking attires, talent and intelligence gave the judges no choice but to crown her as the new queen.

Meanwhile Laone Collet Molapisi from Lobatse won herself the first princess title. She is a Diploma in Business Management holder and a model while the second princess title was grabbed by Same Nyambe. Nyambe is a runway model, fitness model and commercial model. She hails from Mookane village. She has a Diploma in Archives and Records Management and also a Bachelors Degree in Information and Knowledge Management.

The three crowned women are contestants that were taken from the top three of Mr and Miss Heritage Botswana. According to the organisers, they decided to crown them as Miss Earthlife International Botswana top winners because both pageants had the same mandate.

The women had three traditional attire and

a talent show parade. Their overall score was determined by their dresses, performance, talent, parade, consistency, intelligence, time management, project and social media activeness. Each contest was assigned to do projects that were later given to judges for marking.

Local gospel singer, Obakeng Sengwaketse, kept the audience’s spirits lifted up with his soulful gospel music. The organisers also invited other beauty queens from different pageantry.

The winner will represent Botswana at the international grand finale, which will be held in Botswana. Countries from around the globe will compete on an international stage to promote their cultures and tourism. The international pageant will be in August with the date yet to be announced.

When addressing audience, the guest speaker from HATAB, Tiny Letshwiti said the pageantry’s mandate was aligned with theirs. She said the mandate of Miss Earthlife International Botswana was to create a platform where cultures from across the globe were showcased on an international stage, promoting a cultural exchange and tourism. The theme of the pageantry was, ‘Embracing your identity through cultural tourism’’.

Invited judges were South African Godfrey Mphatswe, Mister International Africa, the director of Mr and Miss Albinism South Africa, who came with Mister and Miss Albinism South Africa. Other delegates from different countries included those from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia who came to support the event.