Maria Namiiro wins Miss Uganda UK 2009
Maria Namiiro who was both the judges choice and the crowd’s favourite is the new Miss Uganda UK 2009 who has over come various obstacles to be crown on Saturday 13th June 09 at the grade II listed building Troxy, a prestigious and upmarket venue that has hosted various prestigious events like the Miss England beauty contest. For the first time every in the history of a UK event has there been so many UK Ugandans in one event. She wins a modelling contract with Mahogany Model Management, cash prizes, a modelling portfolio by Martin Kuria Photography, an ambassador for Latitude Care Network (LCN), face of Brenda Maraka, Club Volts membership, and an automatic entry to Miss Uganda for Miss World 2009 Grand Finale in Kampala on 26th Sept 2009 at Imperial Royale Hotel. More details on this will be sent out in due course. She will be leaving for Kampala in July for charity work on behalf of LCN.
The answer she gave to her question was just outstanding, what is the one thing (revolutionary) that has happened in the world in the last 10 years? The introduction of an instant HIV testing kit through Saliva was Maria’s answers, to the cheers of the crowd. There were 15 finalist contestants, 8 went through to the final round for questioning. The 1st princess was Nancy Tamwesigire and 2nd Princess was Brandie Arombo. They were both outstanding and both will receive directory into the Mahogany Model Management, cash prizes and portfolios. Our work with the contestants doesn’t not stop there. We will keep you updated on the developments of all our Miss Uganda UK 2009 event, contestants, winner, runners up, artist and performers will be updated on our website shortly.
The event was hosted by Nancy Kitaka and Yiannis Morgan and performances by a host of Ugandan artistes based in the UK like Chizzo, Caster P, Paddy Dee and the Boyz, N£lly, Mc Moseh, Fyonna, Elite ac and others like Angel J, Zack Milk and Plakamille and traditional performances by African Cultural Development and lastly LCN traditional dancer. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to LCN.
From end of July, our website will work to serve as the Miss Uganda UK as well as Miss Uganda for Miss World 2009. Please register for free for updates.
Apologies for the late door opening, this was due to a health and safety precaution as the fire exit door on the VIP upper floor was unexpectedly not working, this was later rectified and customers who were meant to be seating upstairs were redirected to the ground floor VIP. We have already taken recommendations on board to ensure this doesn’t not happen again. The health and safety of our customers is of paramount importance to us hence there was a delay in opening the door as we needed to ensure that we had measures in place to ensure that we complied with the health and safety regulations. We would like to thank our customers for their patience.
Performance Production Ltd the organisers of Miss Uganda UK as well as the licence holder for Miss Uganda for Miss World would like to extend our gratitude to all of our partners, sponsors and various community groups for making Miss Uganda UK 2009 a success. We look forward to seeing you all next year for Miss Uganda UK 2010.
PRESS CONFERENCE & AFTER PARTY
The Miss Uganda UK 2009 press conference and an after party was on the same day. Details will be announced on our website shortly after confirmation of travel arrangements. This is when the contestants were given their presents, sponsors, artist and performers will be officially acknowledged.
Miss Uganda UK
PR & Media Relations
UK: + 44 (0) 7735 057 258
press@missugandauk.com
www.missugandauk.com
Uganda: + 256 (0) 774 521 454
+ 256 (0) 772 920 585
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