FEATURE: TZ beauty queen shines abroad

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Every once in a while Tanzania witnesses the rise of a beauty queen who embraces the global stage bringing pride to her country

Proving more to the world that she didn’t just stumble unto this career, Niler represented Tanzania at the 21st annual Top model of the world event in Egypt in April 2014. Being the odd contestant out who hailed from a peculiar country considered to be a nonentity, Niler once again, with odds stacked against her, proved her unmistakable charisma and authentic beauty by winning the Miss Photogenic category, and making it to the top 5 in the global competition. “Being a black girl, I had to be confident,” Niler explains. Adding more pressure to the debutante in international competitions, her fellow contestants, most of whom hailed from European countries didn’t know her country (Tanzania), “they thought it was in Europe,” states Niler. With an initial intended sole goal of returning back home triumphant as a beauty queen, Niler made it her second mission to make people know more about Tanzania, “by the time the competition came to an end, I’m sure everyone knew where Tanzania is, and all nature’s beauty that we are so abundantly blessed with,” Niler states. From the competition, Niler managed to make many friends, and collect a number of very significant contacts.

FEATURE: TZ beauty queen shines abroad

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