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Subject: Miss Namibia seeks financial support

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Date Posted: 23:40:35 07/12/09 Sun

WINDHOEK – Namibian beauty queen Happie Ntelamo is looking for funds to attend the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants.

The 58th Miss Universe pageant will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on August 23, where 86 countries and territories will compete for the title and the pageant.

The 20-year-old Ntelamo from Katima Mulilo in Caprivi clinched the diamond-studded gold crown after a panel of nine judges unanimously voted her as Miss Namibia 2009 last month.

Ntelamo needs at least N$100 000 for each of the pageants. Miss Namibia pageant organiser, Connie Maritz, said on Tuesday they are doing everything possible to raise funds to send Ntelamo to Miss Universe.

Maritz said Ntelamo herself is spearheading the campaign to raise money for the pageant, with one of the events being a gala dinner scheduled for July 25, to which companies and individuals are being asked to book tables to fund the trip.

“She is such a beautiful girl and it is a beautiful representation for Namibia at international level,” she said.

In the past, the reigning queens also raised some funds, which were supplemented by the pageant depending on the amount raised.

Due to the global recession this year, Maritz said there are no funds to give for international pageants.

Swapo Party Youth League secretary, Elijah Ngurare, has urged companies and parastatals to avail funds for Ntelamo.

Ngurare said the SPYL has learned that the newly crowned Miss Namibia is struggling to raise funds necessary for her to participate in the Miss Universe and ultimately Miss World pageants.

He said the reason for the lack of funds was that Ntelamo was black and not white, therefore many private companies were reluctant to support her.

“Whatever the case may be SPYL calls on all corporate citizens of our country to make funds available for the youthful ambassador of Namibia. All parastatals of government have the patriotic duty to follow suit,” he said.
Ngurare added: “Let it be our national duty and obligation to support our Miss Namibia.”

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