Kwangentseni yanamhlanje, uMiss World 2018/19 uVanessa Ponce wabanjwa nguMongameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Kaguta Museveni kwikhaya lakhe eRwakitura ebekwe kwiikhilomitha ezingama-250 ngasentshona komkhulu wase-Uganda, eKampala.
Ngoku ka IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseUganda (UTB) Intatheli eyintloko uSandra Natukunda, wayehamba noMongameli. UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kwiZilwanyana zasendle nakwiZinto zakudala, uNjingalwazi u-Ephraim Kamuntu, kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kaRhulumente. UGodfrey Kiwanda; Usekela-Sihlalo we-UTB, uSuzan Muhwezi; I-CEO ye-UTB, uLilly Ajarova; kunye no-Miss Uganda olawulayo, uQuinn Abenakyo. Abathunywa abasuka kuMiss World kunye noMiss Uganda Foundation nabo bebekho.
UMongameli ulamkele ngokusesikweni iqela elivela kuMiss World ukuya eUganda kwaye babamema ukuba batyelele ilizwe kwaye bonwabele ubuhle balo.
NgoLwesithathu, uSomlomo wePalamente, u-Rebecca Kadaga, kunye no-Miss Uganda bakhokele uMiss World kutyelelo lweprojekti yoMntwana oyintombazana kwingingqi ye-Busoga, empuma ye-Kampala, emva koko wajikeleza i-Kagulu Hill, eyaziwa ngokunyuka kwamatye kunye neembono ezintle Umlambo umNayile njengoko uphumela kwiLake Kyoga.
Ngokuka-Natukunda we-UTB: “Kwakucwangciselwe ukuba atyelele uMthombo weNayile, kodwa sayitshintsha inkqubo ngenxa yoTyelelo lwasebuRhulumenteni. Sinyanzelisa ukuba sandise utyelelo lwakhe ukuze akwazi ukuhamba ngaphezulu. ”
U-Miss World ufike kweli lizwe ngolwe-Lwesibini emenyelwe kwi-Grand Finale ye-Miss Tourism Uganda njengendwendwe eliphambili. Wamkelwa nguQuinn Abenakyo okwanguye ophethe uMiss World Africa kwaye waphumelela umceli mngeni kwiNtloko yeHlabathi ngaphambi kokuba aphume iimbaleki yesibini kukhuphiswano olwalubanjwe eTshayina kunyaka ophelileyo.
“Andisakulindeli ukubona umntu ophumeleleyo ethwele isithsaba sikaMiss Uganda kule mpelaveki, kwaye into endinokuyithetha ngoku kukuba ingangoyena mntu uzokuwina,” utshilo uPonce owazalelwa eMexico ukufika kwakhe kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-Entebbe.
Umnyhadala wokugqibela uza kubanjelwa ehotele eKampala Sheraton ngokuhlwa ngoLwesihlanu, nge-26 kaJulayi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- NgoLwesithathu, uSomlomo wePalamente, u-Rebecca Kadaga, kunye no-Miss Uganda bakhokele uMiss World kutyelelo lweprojekti yoMntwana oyintombazana kwingingqi ye-Busoga, empuma ye-Kampala, emva koko wajikeleza i-Kagulu Hill, eyaziwa ngokunyuka kwamatye kunye neembono ezintle Umlambo umNayile njengoko uphumela kwiLake Kyoga.
- “Andisakulindeli ukubona umntu ophumeleleyo ethwele isithsaba sikaMiss Uganda kule mpelaveki, kwaye into endinokuyithetha ngoku kukuba ingangoyena mntu uzokuwina,” utshilo uPonce owazalelwa eMexico ukufika kwakhe kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-Entebbe.
- She was received by Quinn Abenakyo who is also reigning Miss World Africa and won the head-to-head challenge at Miss World before bagging second runner up at the pageant held last year in China.
