38THE BEAT, Friday, December 7, 2018 BEAUTY Can she bring the crown home?

FACTFILE Continued from page 37 30 slot, highlighted the plight of Born: February 11, 1996 „ teenage pregnancies in , „ Parents: Alice Kyamulesire and were careful in selecting the girls to asking MWO to join hands with SO THEN... Charles Sembera participate.” her to fight the challenge. During „ Education: Wobulenzi Parents’ Namutebi continues: “Abenakyo the session, she said: “My Beauty School (2004-2008), St. Joseph’s can bring the crown because she is With A Purpose project is fighting LESSONS FROM MISS Girl S S Nsambya (2009-2013) doing well online and has the other teenage pregnancies as one out of Merryland High School (2013-2015) WORLD WINNERS attributes, such as height, speaks four girls aged between 13 and 17 is Makerere University Business School well, she can stand her ground and either pregnant or a mother. This is Last year, ’s Manushi (2015-2018) has the brain. If she does not win the disheartening. Chillar’s win as the Miss Employment: Former usher with crown, I am certain she will finish in She cited a story of a one 12-year- Annellah Ushering Company World tied her country top seven and maybe be old Daisy, in eastern Uganda, who with Venezuela as the Africa. She has the beauty queen was molested by her father and nation with the most Miss look.” grandfather, resulting in pregnancy, World wins, at six. The Santa Anzo, the chief executive and, after, asked the judges: “Imagine two countries are trailed officer of Arapapa fashion house, giving birth to your grandfather’s E\WKH8. oYH 6RXWK also believes the 22-year-old beauty child. This is happening in Uganda, Africa (three), US (three) queen has the qualities to bring the especially in the east, where I come Iceland (three) global crown home. She said: “This from. (three) and Sweden girl is quality and I think she can She added: “What am I doing about finally bring that crown home. I have it? Together with the Miss Uganda (three), among others. watched her speak; her command of Foundation, we have a Keep A Girl- One of the reasons a 2009 the language and body is exceptional Child in School programme and this World Values Survey, gave and her Beauty with a Purpose cause is to encourage girls to go back to about Venezuela raking in to help the deprived is convincing. school and give them the necessary those Miss World crowns With our support, she can do it.” resources and skills. I believe when was that Venezuelans are you educate a girl, you are educating keen on VOTE ABENAKYO the entire community. And the biggest competitions. on https://www. platform one can ever have is Miss The report said: “The Miss World.” Venezuela contest is the missworldvote.com/?m=1 The judges seemed to empathise with country’s national beauty and https://missworld. the aforesaid plight in eastern Uganda, pageant of the country — com/?locale=en#/vote before awarding her the victory. and it has been held since One judge, (Miss 1952. Thousands upon World 2017), was impressed with thousands of entrants apply Fashion designer Brenda Maraka, the way Abenakyo has dealt with the for the pageant each year. who has watched Abenakyo’s rise, Miss Uganda Quiin Abenakyo situation in Uganda: “It is tough to Once shortlisted for the says: “Abenakyo has the charm; she help a community when you have to pageant, the competitor is beautiful and when she opens display the grace of a beauty queen BEAUTY WITH PURPOSE PROJECT go against a few people. Well done begins an intensive training her mouth to speak, one hears her at the final, then she can win the Abenakyo’s Beauty with a Purpose Uganda,” she said. programme, which can last brains.” crown.” project that earned her the last For Abenakyo, the ball is in her six months. She receives Ronnie Nsubuga, a beauty pageant court in the grand finale. Making it to coaching in speech, coach and manager with Crystal the last 30 does not guarantee her the Models, believes the support of crown, but it is a good start. Perhaps, SK\VLFDOoWQHVVPDNHXS modelling and all the other Ugandans online can take Abenakyo Why Uganda was lagging behind she can join a list of Africans that near the crown. 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