Formation 2015 Headquarters Kigali Membership Miss Earth | Type Beauty Pageant Location Rwanda | |
Official language Kinyarwanda, French, English | ||
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.
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In 2008, Miss Earth created a history when Rwanda sent its first ever Miss Rwanda national winner, Cynthia Akazuba 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. 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.”
The pageant will be presented as a reality TV show in a series of episodes that will culminate in the final event.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.