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Date Posted: 19:40:29 02/16/05 Wed
THE Miss Tourism World pageant, initially set for Victoria Falls, will now be held at the Harare International Conference Centre in Harare on 26 February, the president of the Pageant, John Singh, said yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference in Victoria Falls where he is accompanying the models who are on tour of Zimbabwe’s resort areas, Singh said: "There has been a lot of interest among the different sections of the society and the organisers have seen it fit to bring the event to the people," Singh said.
Meanwhile, 30 models arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday to join 71 other contestants taking part in the pageant.
A brief parade was held at the Victoria Falls airport, kicking off a weeklong tour of Zimbabwe’s tourist attractions.
Representing Zimbabwe is Midlands State University science student, Oslie Muringai, the reigning Miss Zimbabwe.
Hosting Miss Tourism World pageant will result in the production of a documentary that is expected to market Zimbabwe the world over.
The documentary titled Authentic Zimbabwe, is a 12-part infotainment that is being shot by England-based Original Blacks Entertainment Television to market Zimbabwe’s way of life.
The documentary would be premiered for 12 weeks after the Miss Tourism World finals.
The shooting of the documentary commenced on December 26 last year and is expected to be complete when the grand finale of the pageant is held.
The director of the television station, Michael Orji, said the aim of the project is to portray Zimbabwe in its true, genuine natural light.
"The documentary would premier Zimbabwe’s whole way of life without any distortion.
"It will premier tourist resort centres, economic aspects, industries and everyday life of people in rural areas and urban areas," Orji said.
In tourism, the documentary promotes the majestic Victoria Falls and other tourist resort centres.
Orji added that the documentary is a way of educating people about life in Zimbabwe.
"It is a media function of portraying what is really on the ground and it is not surprising that the documentary — Authentic Zimbabwe — gives a true picture of Zimbabwe without any distortion.
"When people see reality they will surely weigh it against all that has been peddled in some destructive media sections," said he.
Miss Tourism World grand finale and tour of the country by the models, constitutes a segment of the documentary.
Orji said by including the grand finale in the documentary the international community would have an undistorted picture of Zimbabwe translating to positive marketing of the country.
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