Miss Earth Rwanda

Miss Earth Rwanda
Formation 2015
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Kigali
Location
Membership
Miss Earth
Official language
Kinyarwanda, French, English
National Directors
 Robert Mugabe[1]
(SaYes Consult Ltd.)
Saida Bahati[1]
(Chichi Media Group)
Christian Dominique[1]
(One Shot Photography and Design)
Georgette Mutoni[1]
Website http://www.missearthrwanda.org

The Miss Earth Rwanda is an annual beauty pageant in Rwanda and has been held since 2015. It is responsible for sending Rwanda's representative to the Miss Earth pageant which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.[2][3][4]

In 2008, Miss Earth created a history when Rwanda sent its first ever Miss Rwanda national winner, Cynthia Akazuba[5] following a month after Rwanda became the first country in history to elect a national legislature in which a majority of members were women in September 2008.[6] Cynthia Akazuba competed in Miss Earth 2008. The franchise was in hands of a different national director during that time.

About

According to its official website, the Miss Earth Rwanda beauty pageant dedicates to promote environmental awareness and preservation. The advocacy parallels the cause of the Miss Earth pageant, which is one of the three largest pageants in the world in terms of individual national level participation in the world finals. The Miss Earth pageant also empowers women to make a difference in terms of being the best at promoting awareness and the preservation of our environment.

As for Rwanda as it is one of the most densely populated country, Rwanda needs to protect its environment to enhance sustainability. Since environmental protection is a very important issue for our country, Miss Earth Rwanda comes in handy as a very effective vehicle in the creation of positive awareness through beauty and glum, using the young women of Rwanda.

Saida Bahati, the managing director of Chichi Media Group said, “We are looking for a girl to be an ambassador for the nature and culture of Rwanda. This is a good platform for the girls to get exposure and experience.”[7][8]

The pageant will be presented as a reality TV show in a series of episodes that will culminate in the final event.[9]

Selection process

Eligibility

The contestants must be aged between 18 and 25 years. They must be around 55 kg, high school graduates, not pregnant and never given birth before.[7]

Auditions

All scouting team will visit the 30 districts of Rwanda in search for the participants of the pageant. All the potential candidates will meet a team of judges for auditions at their respective provinces. The auditions will be edited and produced as part of the reality TV show.[9]

Boot-camp

After the auditions, only 30 girls will be selected to go to the boot camp for eight weeks, where they will be trained on cultural values, public speaking and the environment. There will be weekly eliminations where the public will vote by SMS and online, which will leave 15 girls to compete at the finale in the later part.[7]

Finals

The contestants will compete in the categories of, Miss Earth, Miss Fire, Miss Water and Miss Air. The winner will receive a brand new car, cash prizes of USD 1000 and will participate in all Miss Earth activities.[7]

The winner will also represent Rwanda at the Miss Earth pageant.

Titleholders

This list includes all the representatives of Rwanda including the representatives sent by the previous license holders.

Color key
  •      Declared as Winner
  •      Ended as runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearMiss Earth RwandaPlacementNote (s)
2008 Cynthia Akazuba
2015 Erica Urwibutso [10][11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Miss Earth Rwanda is back with a new team". Miss Earth official Facebook page. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  2. ↑ New York Times, World News (2003-10-30). "Afghanistan: Anti-Pageant Judges". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  4. ↑ Enriquez, Amee (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Miss Kigali, Cynthia Akazuba représente le Rwanda au Miss Earth". Kigali Show, Rwanda. October 19, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Rwanda: In a World First, Women in the Majority in Rwanda Legislature". Agence France-Presse (AFP). September 18, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Kalimba, Stephen (2015-02-25). "Miss Earth Rwanda 2015 auditions start next month". The New Times. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  8. ↑ X, Editor (2015-02-22). "Ministry of Environment Rwanda Unveils Miss Earth Rwanda 2015 Beauty Pageant". EA Champs. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
  9. 1 2 "Miss Earth Rwanda Pageant Format". Miss Earth Rwanda website. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  10. ↑ "Kwangirika kw'ibidukikije niko kwangirika kwacu.". Environmental News. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  11. ↑ Nizeyimana, Seleman (2015). "Urwibutso Erica Emmanuella niwe wegukanye ikamba rya Miss Earth Rwanda mu birori byitabiriwe n'abantu mbarwa". Inya Rwanda. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  12. ↑ "Miss Earth Rwanda 2015". Kigali Today. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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