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- ↑ "The Return Of Miss Malawi". mwnation.com. 31 December 2016.
- ↑ "Where is the Miss Malawi crown?". 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Miss Malawi shoves Miss NZ at pageant".
- ↑ "Miss Malawi 2017 is Cecilia Khofi : First Lady says pageant now for beauties, thinkers". nyasatimes. 29 April 2017.
