A 25-year-old, unemployed recent graduate of Makerere University has won the inaugural Miss Curvy Uganda pageant, writing her name into history and walking off with the grand prize of a Jeep Cherokee.
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Belinda Nansaasi from Kitooro-Entebbe was in the small hours of today morning declared Miss Curvy Uganda 2019 at Imperial Royale Hotel, beating 24 other contestants to the crown and grand prize after a the ladies completed a series of cat-walking the runway in different attires and a brain battle answering questions from the judges.
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Belinda could hardly control her emotions as she was read out overall winner at the culmination of the three-month journey that has proved a baptism of fire for the pageant –many Ugandans castigated the pageant upon its launch back in February.
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Chief guest, Government Chief-whip Ruth Nankabirwa, flanked by Tourism Minister Godfrey Kiwanda and Misss Curvy Uganda CEO Anne Mungoma, crowned Belinda and handed her the keys to her grand prize Jeep Cherokee.
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The runners-up were: 1st Runner Up –Praise Nansamba; 2nd Runner Up –Mariam Namukasa.
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