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ZERO INTEREST IN MISS DEAF, MR SD PAGEANTS

25/01/2017 00:27:00 BY NHLANHLA MATHUNJWA

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Miss Swaziland 2016/2017 Linda Hutchinson flanked by her First Princess Zethu Manana (R) and Second Princess Baby Mthimkhulu after their crowning in 2016. This pageant is the main one attracting directorship proposals.

MBABANE – The difficulty faced by Pageant Swaziland (SD) in finding individuals or companies to direct some of the local pageants has intensified.

Pageant SD has found it difficult to attract suitable candidates to direct the Mr Swaziland and Miss Deaf Beauty Pageants. This transpired after the call to the public to submit proposals to run any of the pageants failed to attract any interested directors for the two pageants.

These two pageants are among those that are directed by Pageant SD. While Pageant SD was hoping to receive a number of proposals from people interested in running these pageants, it turned out that most people have absolutely no interest in them.

Instead, Pageant SD received a number of proposals for the Miss Swaziland and Miss Teen Beauty Pageants only.
These two pageants have been the most popular as most of the aspiring pageant directors showed keen interest in them.

Deadline

The deadline for the submission closed on Friday, January 20, 2017. Pageant SD and the Swaziland National Council of Arts and Culture (SNCAC) had given the interested candidates two months to submit their proposals, as the announcement was made in November 2016.
Pageant SD’s Chairperson, Catrien Potgieter, confirmed that the last day to submit the proposals was on Friday, and they were disappointed that there were no entries for Miss Deaf and Mr Swaziland.

She said after the submission, they would go through all of the submitted proposals to see who has all the qualities to direct the Miss Teen and Miss Swaziland pageants.

“The application was open to anyone interested and believes that they have the qualities of being a pageant director. The submission of profiles came to an end on Friday, and we shall make our choice soon,” she said.