No criteria for Miss Eswatini 2022
. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”
MBABANE – The biggest beauty pageant in the kingdom has been making a buzz since its return, the latest development is the news of the final top 35.
After entry lines were closed the competition had hopefuls but as of last 6aturday, two girls dropped out of the competition, hence the organisers decided to drop the numbers to .
The theme of this year¶s competition dubbed µBeacon of hope¶, has confirmed to have seen the largest number of entries since the very first time the competition was held in 19 .
(ntry lines for the competition officially closed last 6unday. Miss (swatini 3resident Catrien 3otgieter, confirmed that the nominations this year were over-whelming as they had over
entrants to choose from.
Pageant
The pageant had a lot of noticeable changes, which were intentional. The videos that were an entry reTuirement saw a different way of seeing the girls in their raw form and their own space.
No training or photography reTuirements were stipulated or needed and this made it Tuite uniTue and new to the competition. It is a very different feel from international pageants reTuirements like (6A) where physical appearance, height and body structure count.
A Miss 6outh africa (6A) applicant must be at least -years -oldand be an 6A citi]en. The applicant must be in possession of a matric certificate or eTuivalent N4) /evel Tualification. (In the event that the applicant makes it through as a semi-finalist, she¶s reTuired to provide proof of this Tualification).
It¶s worth mentioning that education is a key must-have in the Miss 6A competition.
The applicant shall not ever have been married (civil nor customary), nor had a marriage annulled. or finalist. The applicant should have no criminal record and be truthful in respect of all matters in relation to the run-up to the competition, the competition itself and the period after the competition. There is no restriction in terms of tattoos or piercings that the applicant may have.
Scholarship
Also, a very noticeable difference in (swatini and 6A is that in the kingdom one of the pri]es is a scholarship for the winner, whereas in the 6A, contestants are reTuired to have a significant tertiary education background.
The educational reTuirement is also a priority even in the Miss 86A pageant and the likes.
The event organisers had also mentioned in this year¶s edition of Miss (swatini that they were trying to change the image of beauty pageants and the stigma around them.
This year, there is no restrictions in terms of height, weight or image conditions to Tualify.
Taken from this year¶s theme, the competition is trying to show that the true beauty of an individual is beauty inside.
³:hat you contribute to the current state of the entire world it is what you bring to the world, that is more important.
:hat uniTue trait are you offering to such a world filled with grief and uncertainty,¶ said 3otgieter.
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/et the games begin, and get those fingers ready as the voting lines for this years¶ Miss (swatini have open.
In the interview with 3otgieter, it was noted that the girls were Mudged in stages and voting accounts for only per cent of the final scoring of the contestants.
The more votes don¶t automatically ensure that the contestants with the most votes win, but only secures them a spot in the higher stages of the competition.