Oukitel given Miss Eswatini licence
MBABANE – Oukitel Eswatini was given permission to be Director of the Miss Eswatini Pageant during an unveiling that took place yesterday in Manzini Arts and Culture offices.
2ukitel will be the director of the pageant for this year, and they will have a launch in due time to announce their agenda as well as sponsors for this year’s Miss (swatini.
7his was announced by %eauty 3ageants Chairman Sandra ,smail during the un veiling. ³2ur current Miss (swatini 7ania 1unn has left the country to study abroad, which means now our new reigning Tueen will be )irst 5unner up Shanice Mamba, and Second 5unner up )e]ile Mthupha is now the )irst 5un ner up,´ ,smail said.
Partnership
$fter the announcement by the beauty pageants chairman, (swatini 1ational Council of $rts and Culture (1C$C Chief ([ecutive 2fficer C(2 Stanley 'lamini then introduced the partnership with company 2ukitel, which will now be the corporate company to run Miss (swatini .
³7hey will have a launch in due time to announce their agenda as well as sponsors for this year’s Miss (swatini,´ 'lamini said.
2ukitel is a company that manufactures smartphones, rugged smartphones, tablets, rugged tablets, smart watches, laptops and potable power stations.
Currently, the company op erates in the 8nited .ing dom, selling gadgets such as smartphones. )elicity (sihle 'lamini from 2ukitel was reached for comment to ask who will be the president of the pageant and she shared that they were yet to announce more updates.
³More updates will be an nounced on our page as days go on,´ 'lamini said.
:orth mentioning is the fact that last year’s Miss (swatini 3ageant competition ended up being cancelled.
2ne of the contestants from last year’s competition, .ayla 3eters, withdrew from the pageant last year in 2ctober, before it was officially can celled.
Cancellation
$fter the cancellation of the pageant, (1C$C went on to announce that they were looking for suitable candidates to submit proposals for the pageant.
,n a recent 3arliament re port tabled by the Ministry of Sports, Culture and $s it appears, 2ukitel has won the race, hence being an nounced as the license holder for this year’s Miss (swatini 3ageant.