Miss Rwanda

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Miss Rwanda Organization
Formation1992
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Kigali
Location
Membership
Official language
English
Kinyarwanda
Key people
Dieudonne Ishimwe
Website www.missrwanda.rw

Miss Rwanda is a national beauty pageant in Rwanda.

Contents

In May 2022, it was reported that the pageant was suspended due to the arrest of Dieudone Ishimwe popularly known as Prince Kid, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Backup — the organizer of Miss Rwanda, by the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) for alleged sexual exploitation of contestants. [1]

History

Miss Rwanda was organised by telecom company Rwandatel in 2009 . [2] The 1st edition Miss Rwanda 2009 was held on December 19, 2009 and Grace Bahati was made a history to become Miss Rwanda.

Titleholders

The Miss Rwanda organization decided to send the winner to Miss World pageant. Meanwhile the Miss Supranational Rwanda set in different organization. The winner goes to Miss Supranational pageant.
YearMiss RwandaProvinceInternational competition
International PageantPlacementSpecial Award(s)
1992Jeanne Munyankindi [3] Kigali
1993Dalila Uwera [3] Rwandan communities in Belgium
2009 Grace Bahati [4] Southern Province
2012 Aurore Mutesi Kayibanda [5] Southern Province Miss Supranational 2013 Unplaced
Miss World 2015 Did not compete
2014 Colombe Akiwacu [6] Eastern Province
2015 Doriane Kundwa [7] Northern Province Miss Grand International 2015 [8] Did not compete
2016 Jolly Mutesi [9] Kigali Miss World 2016 Unplaced
2017Elsa Iradukunda [10] Northern Province Miss World 2017 UnplacedTop 5 Dances of the World
2018 Lilliane Iradukunda [11] Western Province Miss World 2018 UnplacedTop 25 Beauty With A Purpose
2019Meghan Nimwiza [12] Kigali Miss World 2019 Unplaced
2020Naomie Nishimwe [13] Kigali Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no international pageant in 2020
2021Grace Ingabire [14] Kigali Miss World 2021 Unplaced
2022Divine Nshuti Muheto [15] Western Province Miss World 2023 Withdrew

Other International Competitions

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleInternational competition
International PageantPlacementSpecial Award(s)
2011Yvonne Uwamahoro Miss Supranational 2011  [ pl ]Unplaced
2012Sabrina Kubwimana Miss Supranational 2012  [ pl ]Unplaced
2014Neema Umwari Magambo Miss Supranational 2014  [ pl ]Unplaced
2015Sonia Gisa [16] Miss Supranational 2015  [ pl ]Top 20Miss Supranational Africa
2016Colombe Akiwacu Miss Supranational 2016 Top 25
Sonia Gisa [17] Miss Grand International 2016 Unplaced
2017Habiba Ingabire Miss Supranational 2017 Unplaced
2018Tina Uwase Ngaceng Miss Supranational 2018 Unplaced
2019Umunyana Shanitah Miss Supranational 2019 Unplaced
2021Anitha Kate UmuratwaMiss Rwanda 2021 Finalist Miss Supranational 2021 UnplacedTop 11 - Miss Elegance

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