Uvuthondaba lweeMbasa zeHlabathi zoKhenketho zowama-2009 – ezichazwa yiWall Street Journal njenge “Oscars” kushishino lwehlabathi lokhenketho nokhenketho – zenzeka ngobusuku balo nyaka weMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi eLondon.

Owona magqibela kankqoyi wembali yeminyaka eli-16 yala mawonga uya kuba nabo BONKE abayi-120 abakhuphisana noMiss World 2009 abaphuma kowona khuphiswano lubalaseleyo lwamazwe ngamazwe.

UMiss World oLawulayo, uKseniya Sukhinova waseRashiya kunye nembaleki yaseTrinidad naseTobago uGabrielle Walcott kunye noParvathay Omanakuttan waseIndiya bazakuba phakathi kwabadlali abanikezela ngeembasa.

Isiganeko seentsuku ezimbini esingazange sibonwe ngaphambili siya kuqhutywa ngempelaveki phambi kweMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi ngoMgqibelo nangeCawa, ngoNovemba 7 no-8 eGrosvenor House, iJW Marriott Hotel entliziyweni kaMayfair.

Umjikelo wamagqibela kankqoyi wengingqi yaseAsia, iAustralasia, uLwandlekazi i-Indian, uMzantsi Melika, kunye neCaribbean uya kubanjwa ngoMgqibelo, usiya kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi wehlabathi ngeCawa.

"I-World Travel Market ngowona msitho mkhulu kwaye ubaluleke kakhulu kwishishini kwishishini lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye neyona ndawo ifanelekileyo kunye nexesha lokuba sihloniphe kwaye sibonise eyona nto iphambili yokugqwesa kuwo onke amacandelo nakwimimandla yehlabathi," utshilo. Graham Cooke, umongameli kunye nomseki weWorld Travel Awards.

“Kula maxesha anzima ezoqoqosho, omnye wobunzima bohambo kunye nokhenketho kukuphuhlisa izalathisi zokusebenza ezibonisa ngokuqinisekileyo amathuba exesha elide. Isihendo, ngakumbi ngalo mzuzu, kukugxila kumanyathelo engeniso yexesha elifutshane kunye nokunciphisa izixhobo kunye notyalo-mali kwimveliso entsha kunye nophuhliso lophawu olunemivuzo yexesha elide.

“Amabhaso athelekisa ngokunzulu nangokungakhethi cala yonke imiba yokhuphiswano kunye nolindelo lwabathengi.

“Sibuza imibuzo ephambili ukuqonda inqanaba lonikezelo olusemgangathweni kunye nendima yokwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha.

“Sihlola ixabiso lemveliso yokuhamba. Siyabuza ukuba ingaba ibonelela ngentsebenzo ephezulu na kwaye ithelekiswa njani nabakhuphisana nabo. Sivavanya ukukwazi kwenkampani ukugqama kwisihlwele njengomzekelo oqaqambileyo weyona ndlela yokwenza ishishini kuyo yonke inkalo yesithembiso sabathengi. ”

Ukuzityumba, okongezelelekileyo kukutyunjwa ngabachwephesha bokuhamba, kufikelele kwinqanaba eliphezulu kulo nyaka kwaye iWorld Travel Awards ifumene ukonyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-23,” utshilo uCooke. “Ngeli xesha siphinde sabona elinye inqanaba kulo nyaka lokunyuka ngeshumi leepesenti ekhulwini labantu ababhalisela ukuvota ukusukela kuTshazimpuzi – nto leyo yenza ukuba inani labantu ababhalisele ukuvota lifikelele kwi-10.

“Iziganeko zangempelaveki zifikelela esiphelweni iminyhadala yeMbasa yeHlabathi yokuHamba ngowama-2009 eAfrika, kuMbindi Merika, kuMzantsi Merika, kuMntla Merika, eYurophu nakuMbindi Mpuma.

“Ukuphumelela elinye lamaBhaso okuHamba eHlabathini lelona wonga liphakamileyo inkampani okanye umbutho wohambo onethemba lokulifumana,” wongeze watsho uCooke.

“Ithetha kakhulu kubathengi malunga nenkcubeko, ubuchule, ubuchule beshishini, kunye nexabiso langaphakathi kunalo naliphi na iphulo lokuthengisa kunye nentengiso elinokuze libe nethemba lokufezekiswa. Abahambi baye bathembela kwiiMbasa zokuHamba zeHlabathi njengesikhokelo sokuzikhethela kwihlabathi jikelele; bafuna ukwazi eyona nto banokuyithenga, kungakhathaliseki ukuba baceba iholide okanye bahamba ngezoshishino.”

UCooke wachaza ukuba nangona imigaqo esisiseko yamabhaso kukuqhuba imigangatho yokwaneliseka kwabathengi kunye nokwandisa inqanaba leshishini lokuhamba elizinzileyo, isiganeko seentsuku ezimbini sithembisa ukuphinda sithathe irekhodi kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zobuhle.

“Uninzi lwabagqwesileyo kuMiss World bebengamantombazana akwaBond,” utshilo, “nabalawuli abasakhasayo bahlala bejonge kuMiss World portfolio. Sinabagqatswa bamva nje abamele phantse lonke ilizwe ehlabathini.

“Iza kuba yimpelaveki engafaniyo nenye eLondon – ubuhle, ulonwabo, imincili ephakanyiswe yimvakalelo yokulindelwe kushishino lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nethemba.”