LIMKOKWING KEEPS PROMISE TO MISS ESWATINI

MBABANE – Friday morning saw all the sponsors, including the main sponsor of Miss Eswatini, gather to officially present prizes to the winning queens at Molly’s restaurant in Mbabane.

The sponsors who were present were namely; Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Edgars, Lamelle, Viwas Driving School, KFC and Model Manifest, just to name a few, gathered to officially hand over the promised prizes to the newly-crowned queens.

Exams

The First Princess, Shanice Mamba, Queen Tania Nunn and Miss Eco Tourism were all present for the prize giving except for the Second Princess Fezile Mthupha. Mthupha could not attend the prize-giving as she was writing her exams on the day.  Also present at the event was the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stanley Dlamini, the Miss Eswatini pageant organiser, Musa Mantinto and former Pageants Eswatini President Catriene Potgieter. She shared with this publication that they were happy about where the pageant was, in terms of growth and they were even more grateful to the sponsors who had believed in the pageant from the get-go.

“From the very beginning each and everyone one of our sponsors asked for ways in which they could support the pageant and over the months they became family. As we speak, some of the achievements that have been celebrated are through this initiative because they are an organisation without funding and all the little that they get goes a long way.” The sponsors were encouraged to use the girls for any promotional work or marketing campaigns in order for their brands to grow, as Miss Eswatini is a highly followed initiative. Limkowking University representative shared that the sponsorship was ready for Tania Nunn to choose a course of her choice and one that would align with the grades she has from her previous educational year. They also mentioned they were waiting for the queen to inform them when she was ready to start on her three-year course.

Organisers

She will do her course at Sidwashini campus. When quizzed about why the organisers this year chose this route, while the main prize had always been a car? Potgieter said: “Education over lifestyle’ is what the team is promoting this year, as the queen will walk away with a fully paid scholarship for any course she chooses, sponsored by Limkokwing University of Technology among many more. With the uncertainty of the fluctuating economy, we are trying to give the girls something that is more important, education.”  She further mentioned that a car really didn’t make sense for the team because if they bought an unemployed individual a car, how would they maintain it, which is now a struggle for someone who has a full time job.

Previously, the winners would walk away with similar prizes and a car which was scrapped of, back in 2018. In that year the comparison between the prizes in the kingdom and SA created a great outcry, some of the then Members of Parliament (MPs) asked for the pageant to be scrapped. In SA, when Miss SA was crowned like in 2018, she walked away with a prize package of more than E3 million, which was the largest in the history of the event.  The winner received R1 million in cash from Cell C and Sun International, as well as the use of a fully-furnished and serviced apartment for the year of her reign.

She also walked away with a Nissan Qashqai worth R445 500 and was further provided with the use of designer outfits for her red carpet appearances.  She also received a Cell C voice and data contracts, Discovery Insure insurance and medical aid and Africology product and spa services. Local former queen, Nosipho Dlamini, received a scholarship to study abroad and free driving lessons at Viwas Driving School. She also walked away with a hamper of beauty products.  

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