{{Miss AfriCanada 2013 is a Rwandan. “It still feels like a dream as I really did not expect to win”, Marie-France Sharamanzi Temahagali 21, said after accepting the crown on August 25.}}
She is a law student at the University of Toronto.
The joyful Sharamanzi said, “I am happy I did and I truly believe the sky is the limit for me. I want to use the title in the next year to promote causes I am passionate about such as crime prevention.”
She noted that the 1994 Genocide against ethnic Tutsi’s in Rwanda which claimed over a million lives, inspired her to study law.
“The Genocide in my native Rwanda has inspired me to become a human rights lawyer to be an international citizen that will not allow genocides to happen in my lifetime,” Sharamanzi noted.
Sharamanzi is the first Rwandan to win the crown since establisment of the pageant started 15 years ago.
The 15th annual African Heritage Pageant, Miss AfriCanada is popularly known as “Africa’s Finest Night in Toronto”.
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