Miss Heritage 2014

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Miss Heritage 2014
DateDecember 20, 2014
VenueSilver Star Hotel and Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
Entrants42
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals Pakistan
WinnerOdessa Mae Tadaya
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
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Miss Heritage 2014 was the second Miss Heritage pageant, held at the Silver Star Hotel and Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 20, 2014.

Contents

Shequera Grace King [2] of The Bahamas crowned Odessa Mae Tadaya [3] of the Philippines at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Heritage 2014
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up

Continental Queens

ContinentContestant
Miss Heritage Africa
Miss Heritage Asia
  • Flag of India.svg  India – Avneet Kaur Arora
Miss Heritage Europe
Miss Heritage South America
Miss Heritage North America

Contestants

CountryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Nassima Marwa Aid23 Algeria
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Sofia Pomo21 Argentina
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jennifer Hunt25 New South Wales
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Fatimatu Zohra Etisha20 Dhaka
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Jessel Lauriano26 Belize
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jennifer Den Haese Belgium
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Katlego Gaotsenelelwe20 Gaborone
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Iana Fedoseeva20 Tula
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Florence Épée Ngasse21 Yaounde
Flag of the Canary Islands.svg  Canary Islands Mishela Batista27 Canarias Espana
Flag of Crimea (Latest version).svg  Crimea Skrylkova Ekaterina20 Tula
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Maria Jose Otavalo Quizhpe18 Cuenca
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Genet Tsegay 23 Addis Ababa
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Zina Asiedu26 Accra
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe Anaïs Modeste18 Trois-Rivières
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Unnur Zodiak18 Iceland City
Flag of India.svg  India Avneet Kaur Arora19 New Delhi
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Rakhmi Wijiharti21 Semarang
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Olga Matsyana24 Rome
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Reine Victoire Aka21 Abidjan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Rannat Aitalieva25 Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Mirna Olleik28 Beirut
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Dona Charun21 Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Andrea Celeste Chiapas
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Saloua Bouchaib [6] 28 Marrakesh
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Magdelena Weef Geaorge20 Windhoek
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Paige Thiyagarajah21 Auckland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joyce Jansen Netherlands
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Kehinde Mojisola22 Lagos
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Natalia Janoszek24 Bielsko-Biała
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Raquel Fonte22 Lisbon
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya 18 Guimba
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Burca Monica27 Bucharest
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kristina Kuzovnikova20 Tula
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Marlene Mutoniwase [7] 22 Kigali
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Laura Illanas21 Spain
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anna La Borde25 Kingstown
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Kgomotso Caroline Angel Pilane
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Phumzile Thwala [8] 23 Mbabane
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Michelle Cooper20 San Diego
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Aiysha Nagudi [9] 26 Kampala
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Pearlynn Dang18 California
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Tina Shinga22 Lusaka
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Tendai Rukwava25 Harare

Crowned Queens at national pageants

Miss Heritage Rwanda Marlene Mutoniwase was crowned on 20 February at the Miss Rwanda Pageant . [7] [10]

Miss Heritage Swaziland Phumzile Thwala was crowned in September 2013. [11]

Miss Heritage Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya was crowned as the official delegate for Philippines for Miss Heritage 2014.

Miss Heritage India Avneet Kaur Arora was crowned as the official delegate of India for Miss Heritage 2014.

Heritage Championship events

Ludo-diversity Queen

Ludo Diversity means diversity in games, of all sorts, physical and non physical. Contestants engage into traditional games, from different countries. Traditional games are part of intangible heritage and a symbol of the cultural diversity in the world. They are medium to project and show the great values of solidarity, diversity, inclusiveness and cultural awareness.

Game 1- Iintonga is a South African ancient Indigenous Game.

This game is an ancient game that has been practiced for many centuries in South AfricaTwo fighters go into a ring. Each contestant will be having two plastic form rubber sticks, the attack and the defense stick. The referee blows a whistle to start the game and the fighters try to hit their opponent with their stick, while defending themselves with the defense stick. Points are given due to number of blows that hit the fighter’s body. A referee controls the match and a timekeeper controls the rounds in each bout. A bout consists of three rounds of one minute each. [12]

ResultContestant
Winner
  • Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda – Marlene Mutoniwase
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  • Flag of India.svg  India – Avneet Kaur Arora

Heritage Cuisine Queen

This competition is a Gift performance show, ie Talent in layman’s terms. It is based on gifts/talents that are Traditional, Heritage themed depending per country. So each contestant shows off her country’s culture through the heritage performance. Contestants shall also be put into two groups’ whereby they are required to produce a 5 minute Drama /Play per group which Portrays World Heritage related Issues.

Winner

1st runner up

2nd runner up

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