MISS MALAIKA… THE BEAUTY OF AFRICAN ORIGIN
About Miss Malaika
Miss Malaika is very similar to Miss Universe and Miss World by way
of flair, glamour and phylum. The Miss Malaika event has to promote African
Renaissance through African culture, to celebrate and unite Africa and its Diaspora
through beauty.
The Model House, a unique initiative to hit the local entertainment industry. Run by two prominent personalities in this field, Pinky Ghelani and Nelly Mshimba, ‘The House’ has undertaken all sorts of training and development exercises and has managed to secure winners in the beauty and modeling world. Being fluent in the pageant world as well as choreographing and organizing events, The Model House has recently acquired the franchise of Miss Malaika.
The event will be taking place on the 30th August 2002, at the Grand Regency Hotel and will involve a host of talent from both local and international scenes including the likes of Regina Re, Joy Mboya, Zain Verjee and an international VJ from MTV.
The scouting will be done with the Ford Supermodel Search, a representative from The Model House will accompany the team and be on the lookout for anyone who fits the bill to represent Kenya. This will be done around the country as soon as possible.
Why are we different? Why are we unique?
The event we aim to hold will be in a class of it’s own. The winners will
not only obtain a pretty crown once the judges have made their decisions. With
Miss Malaika under their belts, they will be able to represent Kenya in a semi-final
to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe after which the finalist will bear Kenya’s
flag at an event to be held at the Victoria Falls.
The three semi-finalists will win a flat, rent-free, for one year, a bank account with a minimum balance, jewellery, swim wear, clothing vouchers, transport and fuel, lunch/dinner vouchers, air tickets, hotel accommodation, and more. Their duties will be simple, carry forth the torch of our heritage, our culture through the ardent support of artist, painters, craftsmen, poets, musicians, etc. Educate the people on how important it is to be able to be self-sustaining, talk to the girl-child, and make her aware of her potential as an individual. We are also hoping to get them involved with the United Nations during their reign: from this, we hope that they will be able to secure vast knowledge and experience from this signified organization, therefore allowing them to be recognized and able to earn a good living, thus achieving self-respect and realization.
The launch of Miss Malaika 2002/2003 is on the 13th July 2002, at The
Model House in Westlands.
Our guest of honour will be Ernest Adjovi from South Africa. Ernest Coovi Adjovi
is also the founder of the Kora Music Awards, an Award ceremony that has allowed
African musicians to be seen under a different light, both in Africa as well
as around the world. The Model House was carefully selected by Mr. Adjovi before
being offered the license to hold this distinguished event in Kenya.
Auditions take place on the above said date, 13th July, 2002 from
9.00am . The criteria is as follows;
She has to be between the
ages of 18 years and 29 years.
She CANNOT be married &
CANNOT have children
She has to be all natural
– no cosmetic surgery allowed.
She has to be a nationalized
Kenyan, the height limit is from 5 foot 6 inches.
The contestant will also
have to have a valid passport.
She will be judged based on personal achievement, intelligence, beauty, physical fitness, personal style and charisma. If she is to win the international pageant stands to win an annual salary of $36,000 as well as a cash prize, which is yet to be determined. She will be involved in appearances during fashion shows in South Africa, autographing, meeting and conversing with the public, be involved in talks to the youths in clubs and theatres as well as on radio, TV and newspapers. She will endorse products as well as be able to travel around the world and she will be the official spokesperson for a charity chosen by Kora Entertainment. She will live in South Africa for her term and the Miss Malaika offices in South Africa will handle her arrangements.
How to go about it
If you are interested all the details can be retreived from one of these soruces:
It is all in good fun and you will be trained how to catwalk, chew food with your mouth shut and all kinds of other neat things. NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY OR EVEN WANTED!