Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

23-year-old beauty to represent Zim in 58th Miss Internatio­nal Pageant

- Nigel Siziba Sunday life Reporter

MISS Zimbabwe Internatio­nal has announced 23-year-old Tania Tatenda Aaron as its candidate for 58th Miss Internatio­nal Pageant that will take place on 9 November in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Japan.

In a statement, Patience Lusengo (Country Director) Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal said the competitio­n will be running under the theme “Achieving a world where women can live with positivity, inner strength and individual­ity”,

“Contestant­s from 80 countries will be vying for the global crown. The winner, besides being crowned Miss Internatio­nal 2018, will become the global ambassador for the Miss Internatio­nal Foundation which raises funds for children suffering from various disabiliti­es and less privileged children around the world,” said Lusengo.

Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal was started 18 years ago and has developed a lot of models locally and internatio­nally.

“Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal was started in the year 2000 and has largely been developing models mainly from the Zimbabwean Diaspora from the USA, Canada, UK and South Africa,” she said.

This year the Trust will also include pageants from remote rural areas which are also in poverty.

“Miss Rural, which is a part of Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal, calls for girls who live in the rural areas of Zimbabwe which are very remote and poverty stricken to empower them by giving them selfe s t e em skills as well a s offering the winner an educationa­l bursary. The winner also gets a chance to compete in the Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal finals,” said Lusengo.

Tania Tatenda Aaron’s profile won her this year’s title of Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal 2018 after a quantitati­ve search of beauties who demonstrat­ed their modelling talents on national platforms as well as personal projects.

“Through a qualitativ­e search of beauties from the afore-mentioned countries, who demonstrat­ed their modelling talents on national platforms as well as personal projects that demonstrat­ed their passion for philanthro­py, goodwill, and fighting for the rights of women and the underprivi­leged. It was through this that Tania Tatenda Aaron’s profile won her this year’s title of Miss Zimbabwe Internatio­nal 2018,” she said.

Tania left last week for Japan to join other global candidates for a 22-day boot camp leading to the Finale for the crowning ceremony of Miss Internatio­nal 2018 and the Miss Zimbabwe Int e r n at i ona l Trust has secured most of the

funding

including h e r national costume which has been designed by Jasper Mandizera from the Shona design label.

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Tania Tatenda Aaron

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