Ghyslaine Tchouaga, 22, from Cameroon, has won the 6th Miss Africa USA Pageant.New York (TADIAS) – Twenty-two-year-old Ghyslaine Tchouaga of
Cameroon was crowned Miss Africa USA 2011 on Sunday after beating
fifteen other finalists. Ms. Tchouaga was born and raised in the capital
Yaoundé and migrated to the U.S. six years ago.
The scholarship and beauty pageant, which celebrated its 6th
anniversary, was held at the Hilton in Silver Spring, Maryland. It also
included cultural performances by the participants.
Tsige Hussein, a 29-year-old aspiring Nurse from Virginia who
represented Ethiopia, finished in the top ten but did not qualify for
the final rounds. She was named Miss Photogenic. “I gave it my best
shot,” she said.
Tsige Hussein and Markos Huluka at the 2011 Miss Africa USA Pageant. Tsige, who represented Ethiopia, was named Miss Photogenic.
“Over all she did good, but her speech needed more work,” said Markos
Huluka, who represented Tsige through his Konjo Models & Fashion
Group. “Her cultural performance brought down the house.”
Tsedey Aragie, who covered the event for Tadias said: “It’s true that
her song selection [from the South] was fantastic. But, had she also
incorporated a monologue explaining elements of our culture and history,
it may have worked out better.”
“Given that she had only two months to prepare, I think she did
fine,” Markos said. “What I witnessed today was the beauty, grace, and
the diversity of the African continent.” He added: The lesson for us is
that we can easily win this thing.”
Markos said he is already looking forward to 2012. “We’re going to go
out to over 22 states to find the winning candidate for next year,” he
said. “We’re going to reach out to colleges and universities across the
country.”
According to the organizers, the pageant is designed to empower young
women in the United States as goodwill ambassadors to Africa. Past
winners have gone on to join forces with Habitat for Humanity, Concern
USA, as well as Russell Simmons’s Diamond Empowerment Fund, to help
raise money for various causes benefiting communities in Africa and the
United States. Last year’s winner, Fifi Soumah of Guinea, a student at
Montgomery College in Maryland, established a foundation in her native
country to help promote free education for disadvantaged young girls.
The competition this year included a series of interviews which
required each candidate to present a social message. The winner said she
wants to use her new role to “raise awareness about hunger in Africa.”
source:
tadias.com
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