Gaelebale is Miss Botswana 2017

04/10/2017

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Publishing Date : 03 October, 2017 Author : KEAMOGETSE MOTONE


Nicole Gaelebale was crowned Miss Botswana 2017 on Thursday night to the disappointment of many who had hoped that Uua Murangi will walk away with the title. But the judges pronounced that the crowning was a culmination of a meticulous process of assessing the contestants.


Gaelebale, will represent the country at Miss World grand finale which will be held on 18 November 2017. Uua proved to be a popular contestant ahead of the grand finale. Many believed she represented a true epitome of a Motswana woman. Such expectation, that Uua would be crowned queen, motivated many attendants to reject the final results. They speculated that there could have been cheating in the selection process.


As for the Queen, Nicole on the other hand, a lot of people believed that her 5 years’ experience of contesting in the Miss Botswana pageant got her the crown. Former beauty queen, Emma Wareus also made the suggestion on her Facebook page.
The judges had made it clear that the Grand Finale was to crown the winner as the selection process had long started before the crowning night. They mentioned that they do not go with what the crowd wants but with the criteria they use to select the queen.


“I advise everyone to refrain from critique, as most of the time we do not go with the crowd expectation. We should note that we first started with auditions, where the Top 30 was selected, we did Boot camps, and finalists were taught how to carry themselves, presentation skills were relayed, tests and marks were issued. A lot of things were looked at behind the scene not during grand finale,” one of the judges, Masa Thibedi explained.


The contestants were given the chance to answer the same question which was no different from any of the Top 3 finalists. The question asked was, “if Miss Botswana falls pregnant during her reign, should she be allowed to reign as queen.”
This was the same question asked during the Miss Botswana pageant in 1999 and it crowned the famous Mpule Kwelagobe who went on to win the Miss Universe title.


The Top 3 answers


“When you are crowned Miss Botswana that means you are already a mother of the nation. So she should not be allowed to reign since she is already a mother,” Gaelebale said. “The reigning queen should not be shunned but should be allowed to reign. She should have the dignity. When nature does happen, she should not be shunned the dignity of her body,” Murangi answered. “As long as the baby does not impede her responsibilities, then they should be allowed,” another contestant, Neelo Nthobatsang explained.


During an interview, when asked if she is happy she became the second Princess, after a lot of people hoped she would win, Uua expressed her appreciation. “I am happy I made it this far, she is going to make a great queen, I love her,” she emphasized. Meanwhile, Gaelebale remains the queen and finally her dreams came true after trying for five years, she is now 26 years of age. “This is a dream come true to me, I have been trying every year since 2015. I must say I had fun, because most of the time beauty pageants try too hard and they end up not making it,” she said.


Gaelebale went home P160 000 richer, with a 5 years Limkokwing scholarship, five years Liberty life cover, sunglasses and many more goodies. Miss Botswana, which is the most followed pageant, has this year failed to pull sponsors. The pageant organizers, the Botswana Council of Women (BCW) started preparations for the pageant late which led to a poorly marketed event. The turn up at Thursday’s finale was poor. Miss Botswana is usually held prior to July, a practice that gives winners ample time to prepare for Miss World pageant held every November.


“The challenges were as a result of the fact that we started late therefore, we could not attract sponsors, as they felt it was late. So we ended up using the little we had to pull this together and I must say we managed and we achieved what we wanted, “ said Dorcas Thobega, one of the organizers.


The Thata Kenosi snub


Traditionally, it is the duty of the reigning Queen to hand over the crown. Thata however could not avail herself after she mentioned she will be in England to pursue her undergraduate degree in International Relations & Peace Studies with a minor in French. Thobega explained to WeekendLife that, they did their best to talk to her but she explained that she could not make it since it will be her early days in England. Later on, she explained, that Kenosi gave a short notice that her flight should be paid for so that she comes to hand the crown but they could not and later decided to allow her 1st Princess to hand the crown.


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