By Our Reporter
A new pageant is here!
Dubbed Pearl Beauty Pageant, it seeks to reflect Uganda’s beauty in every attribute by offering a platform to all women to express themselves with no restrictions on size or height, unlike other local pageants.
According to organisers, all you need is beauty to participate in the pageant. And because beauty is a relative notion, participating is open to many girls.
Former Ugandan Model and official organizer of the Pearl Beauty Pageant, Olivia Nambuya commonly known as Mama Oli explained more about the beauty contest saying;
“The pageants being held in the country right now do not at all represent the pearl. We Ugandan women are not slim. Some are, but not all of us. And certainly not that standard model size our pageants peddle across Ugandan borders.
“Not all of us are towering. We are fleshy and short and gaunt and curvaceous. We are varied. Some are big bosomed and others aren’t. Some have big bursts and long torsos and long necks and long and short legs. And those are our identities.
“They should be a reflection of our cultures and regions. That is why the Pearl Beauty Pageant is different. Because quite honestly, the definition of a beauty queen has many a time been misrepresented. And it is time to correct that, thus the Pearl Beauty Pageant.”
Mama Oli is flanked by seasoned pageantry expert Percy Madhaba and together, with comedian Bright Onak, they are going to hold country wide scouting campaigns.
The pageant will be held under the theme, ‘Beauty without boundaries’.
