By Lucretia Chima
Gaborone — The revamped Miss Botswana beauty pageant auditions will kick off at Adasonia Hotel in Francistown over the weekend.
This was announced by the pageant's media relations director, Tshepo Maphanyane, at the pageant's launch press briefing held at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology this week. The auditions would start at 0900am and end at 0530pm.
She said having concluded their talks with their stakeholders; they were working around the clock to ensure that they hold a successful pageant slated for September 29 to enable them to have time to groom the queen for the global spectacle later this year. Young ladies aged 18-25 are eligible to compete.
She said they were encouraged by the commitment that the sponsors have shown.
Maphanyane said this year's pageant will have three main interests; job creation through promoting the modelling and textile industry, empowering girl child through education and building towards 50 years of existence.
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