In case you missed it, the army took over the running of the Miss Uganda pageant this year. Let that bizarre idea sink in for a moment.
This was certainly a beauty pageant with a difference. The swimsuit section was cast aside for an army-style boot camp, the milking of cows, and showing your skills at handling goats and sheep. At the awards ceremony, contestants were quizzed on farming techniques, as the hosts believe agriculture is a “Ugandan value” and should be celebrated.
The winner, Leah Kalanguka, is a former mushroom and poultry farmer.
{The 63rd annual Miss Universe pageant is unfortunately not happening this year but in January next year, to be held in Doral, Miami, according to an announcement posted on the pageant’s website. Scheduled to be aired live from Florida International University on NBC, the year’s biggest beauty contest will be on Jan. 25, 2015.}
Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler of Venezuela will crown her successor at the end of the highly anticipated event with 82 aspiring beauty queens vying for the crown. The announcement of the final date was made by Miss Universe Organizations (MUO) co-owners Donald Trump and NBC, together with MUO president Paula M. Shugart.
Since its incorporation in 2013, the City of Doral is massively expanding and gained a lot of attention from Fortune 100 companies. Thanks to its outstanding economic growth and industrial accomplishments, Doral is the next city to watch out and it’s the home of the largest Venezuelan population in the U.S.
Isler even revealed in the statement that every time she visits the city she feels right at home and stated that it’s a beauty contest and not about “political ideology.” With the latest Venezuelan government crisis, the pageant aims to bring all Venezuelan together and as what Isler said, they are there to represent the country.
“Doral is a symbol of success and holding the Miss Universe Pageant here will amplify its reputation as a world showcase city,” Shugart said. “Even as one of the newest cities in Miami, Doral is a premier place to live, work, and play due to its beautiful lifestyle and entrepreneurial opportunities.”
This will be the first time that the famed pageant will skip a year but it will still be Miss Universe 2014 pageant. The 2015 edition of the contest will be held later in the same year. Doral Mayor, Luigi Boria, announced via Twitter that the 2014 MU will be held in his city on Jan. 18, 2015, which caused a lot of controversy, only to be confirmed MUO in late September.
For this year’s pageant, Kyrgyzstan and Rwanda debuts their beauty queens while Albania, Uruguay, Portugal, St. Lucia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Cote d’lvoire, Montenegro, Egypt, Kenya and Ireland returns to stage. Other countries who confirmed their national pageants include Bulgaria, Tanzania, Guam and Guyana.
{Sensational comedian and Nigerian wannabe Ofweneke is set to grace Uganda for a charity music concert and comedy night late this month. The event, by Timeless Events, will also be a commemoration of the 10 years Uganda’s comedian Pablo has been on the scene.}
“My star is shining far and wide now. I will grace Serena Victoria alongside Pablo, Abel Chungu and Brancha Music,” said Ofweneke.
The comedian will also travel to Rwanda before the year ends – the details of that show are yet to be confirmed.
{Gashagaza Laura, 16, was elected Miss Belgian School of Kigali during the 2014 beauty competition organized in this School. }
Seven Girls in the school were competing to emerge victorious in the beauty contest.
Her first runner was Martine Hakizayezu
After the inauguration, Gashagaza said she is committed to a long campaign of his fellow girls to prove they are strong as much as are their brothers.
She also said she is going to advocate for the voiceless.
“One of my priorities, I will encourage all schools across the country to strengthen the capacity of young girls … A girl can become a minister or president of a nation. Everything must be done to ensure that education is extended to all children in the whole country “she said.
{{Some would say the response to this question is hard to get.}}
{We spoke to several youth in Kigali and some of them have freely responded to the above mentioned questions while others preferred to hide their position to this topic.}
Ngabo, 23 said “I like big butts because they are very attractive, emotionally exciting, and they are very useful during sexual relationship. Frankly I will prefer a woman with big butts, but not excessively big, than those with small ones.”
Women have also discovered that men are looking for women with big and well shaped butts hence they prefer to put on cloves that are likely to show off their butts’ size.
In Kigali for example even a young girl with less than 15 years old prefer to put on a small pant or mini-skirt so the guys are attracted by her beauty although some say this “a New era with the new clothing style.”
On condition of anonymity a young girl from Gasabo District told us “My boyfriend says he likes touching me, especially my huge butt because he says he feels relieved and emotionally relaxed with the first touch on it.”
There are some also who said that a woman with wider hips and bigger breasts (to a male subconscious), would be more capable in ways of child bearing and breast feeding than a super slim streamlined woman with a smaller chest.
This is not so for every man, though it is an accepted thesis. Everyone has a different vision of beauty, which may only be skin deep.
Big bums are only the latest in a long line of things that have become fashionable at the media’s say so.
On other side some says it has to do with culture. If a person for example is from Kigali city, that person will prefer a thin stick figure lady or tend to have a preference for women with an hour glass big butt look.
{Mariah Carey will reportedly file for divorce from Nick Cannon ”very soon” and it could be as early as this weekend.}
Carey, 44, who married the Cannon in 2008 after just six weeks of dating, is reportedly keen to kick-start legal proceedings as soon as possible, maybe even before the weekend, according to New York Daily News’ Confidenti@l page.
Cannon, 34, announced in August that he and Mariah had been living separately for a few months, but he insisted their main focus was, and always will be, on their three-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe.
Rumours began to swirl that infidelity may have caused the breakdown of their marriage shortly after Cannon announced they’d parted ways, but he was quick to shoot down the cheating allegations just days later.
However, Carey seemed to subtly break her silence on the matter at the weekend when she performed her Elusive Chanteuse World Tour in Tokyo, Japan.
While performing Billie Holiday’s classic Don’t Explain, the brunette beauty changed the lyrics to the angry line of ”I know you cheated, motherf****r,” which left fans wondering if it was a sly reference to Cannon.
Meanwhile, the hunk is showing signs that he’s keen to move on from Cannon as he had the tattoo of her name on his back morphed into a picture of Jesus Christ. He also didn’t hold back when it came to showing off his new inking as he had the artwork on full display during a night out at the Playhouse nightclub in Hollywood last week in celebration of his 34th birthday.
{The Big Brother Africa game is on. This year’s edition that will be the shortest season of the Africa’s biggest reality show will be hosted for 63 days instead of the usual 90 days.}
The 9th edition of the show kicked off last night with fun and glamour opening ceremony.
In all 26 housemates from 13 countries – Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Namibia, Rwanda, and Malawi – will battle out for the grand prize of $300,000.
IK, backed by five female dancers, opened the show with an interesting performance.
The show also witnessed exciting performances from Emmy Gee ft AB Crazy & Dj Dimplez Rands and Nairas, Diamond Platnumz, Cassper Nyovest and Davido.
The 26 housemates put on a talent performance where studio guests judged them.
Rwandan’s come in full effect as the next batch of African’s set to enter the Big Brother Hotshot house. Introducing Arthur and Frankie.
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Arthur
Age: 23}}
Kigali-born Radio Presenter Arthur describes himself as “funny, humorous and humble”. He says he loves the fact that he is social and makes friends easily. He enjoys people who are humble, and dislikes people who are irresponsible.
His favorite foods are rice and beans, his favorite book The Whole Truth, and favorite TV show, Real Husbands of Hollywood. He enjoys Usher’s music and his favorite actor, Kevin Hart, is the star of his favorite film, Think Like A Man Too.
He says that viewers can expect ‘’talent and humour’’ from him and if he wins, he’ll invest his money in business. What won’t he do to win? “Anything that goes against my human nature”
Arthur believes that ‘’originality’’ is the best thing about Africa, in terms of its culture. His favorite place outside the continent is the United Kingdom, ‘because that place is calm – especially Wales’. Arthur’s role model is Chris Rock, because ‘he is really good when it comes to comedy and he has helped so many comedians to make it on the market’.
{{Frankie
Age: 33}}
Frankie is a singer, model and actor with a degree in Financial Management. His favorite food is ugali with beef stew and his favorite book is Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk To Freedom. Frankie enjoys the music of Joe Thomas, Luther Vandross and Morgan Heritage and he loves ‘epic movies and romantic comedies’. His favorite actors? Djimon Hounsou, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz and Lupita Nyong’o.
He values Africa’s ‘uniqueness and authenticity’ and lists his favourite place as Kigali – his place of birth. Outside of the continent, he says that Canada is his favourite destination because of all the opportunities there, but also because his son Taye was born there.
Frankie considers his parents to be his role models, because ‘they have gone through lots of tribulations, but love and kindness always blossomed’. His proudest achievements are graduating from university and when his son was born.
Frankie says that viewers can expect ”great times full of enthusiasm and adventure” from him and that if he wins, he’ll contribute towards building a school in his grandmother’s village and buy a house for his parents, to thank them for everything they did for him.
Big Brother housemates are making us expect a lot of things from them. We can only hope they follow through with their expectation promises.
Big Brother Hotshots officially launches this Sunday. We can’t wait!
{Akon, one the famous American Artists has rocked Goma on Sunday, 21st Sept, as the world was celebrating the International Peace Day whose theme is the “Right of Peoples to Peace”.}
The concert was organized by “Peace One Day” with the support of MONUSCO.
Congolese and foreign music stars, including Akon, have been there since Friday.
On Saturday, more than 150 young people from Gisenyi, Rwanda and the DRC met in Goma to discuss “Cross-border peace,” to facilitate coexistence and reconciliation of both Countries.
{The pair are rumoured to be expecting their second child together, but appeared to deny it when we saw them sipping champagne recently in Paris
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Beyonce and Jay Z aren’t just the world’s most perfect couple on social media – they can’t keep their hands off each other in real time either.
The pair have been spotted soaking up the love in Paris this week, and were snapped walking arm in arm as they treated themselves to a private evening meal.
As rumours circulate the pair are expecting their second child together, Jay was keen to keep the singer close by his side – and they did a great job of making all our hearts melt.
Strolling casually through the city to Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, Beyonce looked happy and totally relaxed as she showed off her winning curves in a patterned skintight dress.
