BY PHUMZILE NDLOVU
MBABANE – Meet more Miss Eswatini 2024 contestants!
Oukitel Eswatini has so far unveiled 11 the finalists for the most anticipated crowning of the fairest lady in the kingdom this year. When reached for comment, Marketing Executive of Oukitel Eswatini Esihle Dlamini shared with this publication that entries to compete in the Miss Eswatini 2024 are still open and will close on July 31 2024.
In April, Oukitel Eswatini partnered with the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) to be the new directors of the Miss Eswatini Pageant.
Dlamini shared that they will be revealing more contestants until the entries close and that they don’t have a limit for the number of entries. The crowning is scheduled for later in the year in November, the exact date will be revealed in due course.
Meet the more contestants:
Contestant 5
1. Name: Nowethu Nikita Motsa
2. Age: 20
3. Home: Mliba, Manzini.
4. High school completed at: St Michael’s High School.
5. Hobbies: My hobbies include staying up-to-date with fashion trends and modelling, both of which have given me unique insights into the fashion industry. In my free time, I also enjoy sharing my thoughts and experiences with my followers on social media, where I’m able to engage in meaningful conversations and share my passion for fashion with a wider audience.
6. Aspirations: I aspire to build a successful career in the fashion industry, using my public profile to raise awareness for important causes and eventually transition into other fields such as entrepreneurship. My goal is to study Business Management and leverage it to develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in these fields, while also giving back to the community through philanthropy and advocacy.
Contestant 6
1. Name: Tsaba Thandiswa Nxumalo
2. Age : 21.
3. Home: Mankayane
4. High school completed at :KaBoyce High School.
5. Hobbies: Content creation, baking, doing make up, volunteering in charity events.
6. Aspirations: I plan to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Through this qualification I aim to develop the knowledge and experience to effectively advocate for equality, mental health importance among all genders and age groups, and to empower young people. Outside of the academic realm, I also strive to grow my makeup skills and potentially turn my experience into a business venture so that I don’t only fulfil my passion for beauty but, to also help enhance women’s beauty and cosmetics in ways that they would appreciate. I am eager to translate these aspirations into tangible accomplishments that will not only enrich my own life, but also uplift and empower those around me.
Contestant 7
1. Name: Tebenguni Simelane.
2. Age: 21.
3. Home: Fonteyn, Mbabane, Hhohho.
4. High school completed at: Fonteyn High School.
5. Hobbies – My life is no different from that of a typical 21 -year old, only beginning to experience the outside world. Going out to places just to try out food has definitely been a frequent activity, sometimes with friends but mostly by myself. If I’m not out and about, I find reading a therapeutic exercise. I’m not a book worm, but “one chapter a day will keep the blondness away”.
6. Aspirations: If someone had asked me what my aspirations are six months ago, I boldly would have said “to be disgustingly beautiful and overly educated”. But life isn’t just in black and white. A part of me still holds on to that but really I wish to be the greatest version of self, constantly embracing the identity I’ve always lived up to – of either being too much or too little and never in between. I wish to teach people to be exactly what society teaches them not be confident, alive and multifaceted. I want to speak power and greatness into people and I hope to achieve that first through studying and learning them, hence psychology is what I’m most passionate about. My future plans are to become one of the youngest influential women in the country, through platforms such as the pageant itself and other important spaces. To pursue psychology and marketing as career paths while still exercising other hobbies such as writing, painting, etc.
Contestant 8
1. Name: Nosimilo Julie Rocher.
2. Age: 19.
3. Home: Fonteyn, Mbabane, Hhohho.
4. High school completed at: Ka-Schiele High School.
5. Hobbies: Jogging while listening to my favourite playlist.
6. Aspirations: My future plan is expanding my knowledge and skills in my current field in Environmental Management and also advancing my career in pageantry, representing my country globally. I am also interested in building relationships with other great pageants in order to put my country out there.
Contestant 9
1. Name: Welile Gamedze.
2. Age: 22.
3. Home: Siteki, Lubombo.
4. High school completed at: Lubombo Central High School.
5. Hobbies: Reading novels, cooking, traveling and listening to music.
6. Aspirations: I plan to complete my degree and also pursue my interest in being an entrepreneur, and have my own business.
Contestant 10
1. Name: Nomkhosi Philiswa Zwane.
2. Age: 20.
3. Home: Mpolonjeni, Hhohho.
4. High school completed at: Fonteyn High School.
5. Hobbies: Modelling, singing, designing dresses, sewing.
6. Aspirations: To be a very successful business lady.
Contestant 11
1. Name: Lenhle Gcinile Nxumalo.
2. Age: 22 years.
3. Home: Fairview, Manzini.
4. High school completed at: Mbalenhle Christian Academy.
5. Hobbies: Makeup, making TikTok videos, listening to music, participating in community engagement activities and cooking.
6. Aspirations: My plans for the future include completing the degree that I’m currently pursuing, work on building networks that’ll help broaden my career path. Build relationships that can help when it comes to planning a community engagement project to work on. Work on beating the inner doubts I have and combating the negative thoughts and procrastination. Increase my online activities, posting more pictures, videos and promoting my small makeup business and growing my social media presence and accounts.
