A former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19
other finalists after a competition that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched
for an army-sponsored boot camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows
and work with goats and sheep.
Leah
beat 20 others to the coveted crown as Brenda Iriama and Yasmin Taban
emerged as first and second runners-up respectively. - See more at:
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"The youth will love
agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is
mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and
a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony.
After years of following the more
traditional beauty pageant formula, organisers applied the theme of 'promoting
agriculture entrepreneurship among the youth' to the event and partnered with
the Ugandan army -- which has major business interests in agriculture.
"It's
a great direction because the agriculture sector has great opportunity for
jobs, so I'm simply grateful that it took that direction and I would really love
to see it promoted in our country because it is the backbone," Kalanguka
commented. 
Kalanguka,
who has studied computer engineering and science at Makerere University in
Kampala, where she lives, said she was "so happy" and
"overwhelmed" to be crowned Miss Uganda -- which saw her win a small
car
"I did not expect this to
happen," gushed the winner.
Organisers said the top finalists
will eventually be used to market produce including potato flour, mango juice,
cornflakes and honey.
A
former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda
following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed
to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition
that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot
camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows and work with goats
and sheep.
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
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former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda
following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed
to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition
that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot
camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows and work with goats
and sheep.
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
A
former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda
following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed
to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition
that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot
camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows and work with goats
and sheep.
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
A
former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda
following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed
to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition
that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot
camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows and work with goats
and sheep.
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women," Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, told AFP during yesterday's awards ceremony. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/former-farmer-leah-kalanguka-crowned-as-new-miss-uganda/article1-1279089.aspx#sthash.WQsNUmKn.dpuf
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