The new Miss Rwanda 2022 Nshuti Muheto Divine (C) poses with the 1st and 2nd runner-ups Keza Maolithia (R) and Kayumba Darina at the Intare Conference Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)
Nshuti Muheto Divine, 19, a high school graduate, was crowned to be Miss Rwanda 2022.
KIGALI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Miss Rwanda Organisation which organizes Rwanda's famous beauty competition has concluded Miss Rwanda 2022 contest with the crowning of the winner Miss Nshuti Muheto Divine.
The contest finals were held at the Intare Conference Arena in the Capital Kigali where 19 beauty queens were vying for the crown after one month in a boot camp.
Several rounds of questions that aimed at testing the beauty, brain and cultural values of the girls were done to find the top eleven, top five and then top three girls to be the Miss Rwanda and two runners-up.
The 19-year-old beauty queen, who is a high school graduate, won the crown overcoming stiff competition from Maolithia Keza and Darina Kayumba who emerged first and second runners-up respectively.
The girls answered their questions in English while participants are allowed to answer in either of three languages including French, English and the mother tongue Kinyarwanda.
The new Miss Rwanda 2022 Nshuti Muheto Divine (C) poses with the 1st and 2nd runner-ups, and former misses of Rwanda after being crowned at the Intare Conference Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)
Miss Rwanda contest goes with lucrative awards from several partners. And this year, the winner was, among others, given a brand-new Hyundai car by Hyundai Rwanda.
Meanwhile, several other positions were awarded among the 19 girls including the girl who had the best health Reproductive initiative, Sports' challenge, Miss Photogenic, Miss Talent, Miss Popularity, Miss Heritage and Miss Innovation.
In the past, parents used to prevent their children from taking part in Miss Rwanda, thinking that it would prevent them from concentrating on their studies since most of them are girls at the age of university.
Others also thought the girls would lose their Rwandan values, but things have changed and participation increased. Miss Rwanda event has also become an important venue for advertisers. ■
