This August, three lucky winners from 20 models from around Zimbabwe are set to be crowned Miss Global International Zimbabwe, first runner-up and second runner-up.
The winner will in September, travel to Jamaica, to compete in the Miss Global International, an international pageant that promotes Global Tourism.
The first runner-up will be crowned as Miss Heritage World Zimbabwe and in October she will represent the country at the world finals in Sandton, South Africa.
Miss Global International pageant is a Jamaican pageant aimed at mainly promoting tourism and women’s empowerment.
The competition on August 4 will be the first time for Zimbabwe to host the pageant.
“The red carpet event will be hosted under the theme ‘Investing in Zimbabwean Tourism Locally and Internationally’, and we are hoping to pull a crowd of at least 600 high-end guests,” said Miss Global International Zimbabwe public relations officer Tare Munzara.
He said the pageant was aimed at promoting nationalism, the local modelling industry, the standards of beauty pageants, the local fashion industry, direct foreign investment and trade and also crowning a beautiful, intelligent and world-class model to represent the country.
Munzara said winners would execute the objectives of the pageant stage by stage with the help of relevant local authorities.
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During their term of office, they would attend grooming classes and undertake a diplomatic course to sharpen their ambassadorial skills.
“The uniqueness of this pageant is that our models are all new faces in the local modelling industry and well-groomed with international standards. It is a well-structured international tourism brand filled with glitz and glamour,” he said.
Zimbabwe’s participation at the international event dates back from 2006 where the first-ever Miss Global International winner was Zimbabwean model Ropafadzo Garise and the following year, Miss Zimbabwe 2007 Cynthia Muvirimi, was also crowned as queen.
Munzara added that the country had experienced an increase in participation at various international pageants by other models like Angeline Musasiwa, Brita Masalethulini, Malaika Mushandu, Vanessa Sibanda and Lisa Morgan, among others.
Former Miss Zimbabwe Trust contestants do not qualify for the pageant at provincial or national level.
Contestants should have a beautiful face, good skin tone and good body structure — key requirements indicated by Munzara.
“We have agreed on a deliberate stance to sharpen and expose local modelling talents to the world,” he said.
