St. Agnes hall in Rwamagana District was the place to be this Saturday 28 th July 2012. I must say there was plenty to see. The event being held was the Miss Rwanda 2012 pre-selection – Eastern Province.
The stage was beautifully adorned with the Rwandan traditional imigongo combined with a cascading array of commonly used Rwandan traditional wall decorations all cleverly set to give rise to the newly constructed runway and to further cinch the running theme of unifying Rwandan beauty and culture.
To add variety to the décor was the Kigali Live band musical instruments well set on the right side of the stage and a wall projection off to the left side of stage. For a stage that was almost non-existent this transformation was clearly breathtaking.
The event started off with a beautiful inspiring speech from the Guest of Honour: the Director of Good Governance in the Eastern Province and was immediately followed by a performance from a local group Umucyo.
These elderly women graced the stage with their elegant dance executed effortlessly and with the right doses of energy befitting women of that age. Their dance seemed to say welcome to the Eastern Province and get ready to receive our beautiful girls yet to grace the stage.
The moment we were all waiting for soon arrived and the contestants began to walk onto stage as they were called out one by one by the beautiful Anita Pendo the MC of the day.
Their walk was graceful, composed, calm and most importantly their faces were lit up by smiles that seemed to say ‘yes here we are the Eastern Province ladies born and bred and ready to take on the world’.
The catwalk was then followed by the most important part of the show: an insight of what beauty with a purpose truly means.
The contestants were taken through a series of questions by the three judges (Faustin Kagame, Claude Ndayishimiye and Jolie Murenzi) and the audience had a glimpse of how the contestants think, speak and express themselves.
Needless to say that the contestants carried themselves well and gave the judges for the first time since the pre-selections started a hard time deciding who is the fairest of them all.
The event saw five girls chosen to go on to the finals where after the top three were selected. The top five included Akineza Carmen, Umunyana Didine, Muberarugo Diane, Karangwa Tega Fidelis, and Umutesi Mubera Liliane.
The five battled it out to cinch positions in the top three and after a final judges’ deliberation, the verdict was in.
The 2nd runner up was Akineza Carmen, the 1st runner up was Karangwa Tega Fidelis and the Miss Eastern Province was Umutesi Mubera Liliane.
With three provinces done and two more to go, we can only hold our breath and wait excitedly for the final showdown on September 1st 2012.
The Northern Province pre-selections are set for August 5th 2012 in Musanze and thereafter Kigali City on the 12th August 2012.
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