Miss Tourism Africa

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Miss Tourism Africa
TypeBeauty Pageant
Parent organizationQhue Concepts
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
First edition2022;2 years ago (2022)
Most recent edition2024
Current titleholderNdinelago Emosho,
Namibia
Chief Executive Officer
 Seth Santiago Roberts
Language English
Website Official Website

Miss Tourism Africa established in 2015 is an annual international beauty pageant open to all young African women and from other African communities around the world, including France, Spain, Japan, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, USA. It is Organized by Qhue Concepts and endorsed by the Lagos State Government. [1] [2]

Contents

Miss Tourism Africa currently has licensees in 21 countries; producing national winners/representatives from their respective countries for the annual international finals. [3] [4]

The current titleholder is Ndinelago Kalikoka Emosho, who represented Namibia in the competition. [5] [6]

Competition

Every year, Miss Tourism Africa carries out worldwide search for young women in Afro communities around the globe with the beauty, dynamic personalities and intelligence that set them apart from the rest. Finalists are being selected across all countries to compete at the grand finale. [1]

To gain participation in Miss Tourism Africa, a country needs a local company or person to buy the local rights of the competition through a franchise fee. The fee includes the rights of image, brand and everything related to the pageant. The number of participants fluctuates annually because of the franchising of the pageant paired with conflicting schedules to the regular calendar. [7]

History

Miss Tourism Africa was founded by Seth Santiago Roberts, the pageant was first registered in 2015 but formally launched its debut edition in 2022.  The debut edition held in October 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria with seven participating countries, Noni Kariuki representing Kenya emerged winner of the maiden edition. The grand finale is usually held on either the 1st or 2nd of October each year. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Titleholders

List of winners of Miss Tourism Africa from its inception
YearTitleholderCountryRef(s)
2022Noni Kariuki Kenya [14]
2023Sphilangomusa Msweli South Africa [15]
2024Ndinelago Emosho Namibia [16]

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