Miss Rwanda

Miss Rwanda is a national Beauty pageant in Rwanda.

Miss Rwanda Organization
MottoBeauty, Brain and Culture
Formation1993
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersKigali
Location
Membership
Miss World
Miss Supranational
Miss Universe
Official language
English
Kinyarwanda
National Director
Maria Sarungi Tsehai
Key people
Dieudonne Ishimwe
Websitewww.missrwanda.rw

History

Since 2014, Miss Rwanda is organised by Rwanda Inspiration Backup - led by Dieudonne Ishimwe. Prior to that, Miss Rwanda was organised by Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company, in 2012, and by telecom company Rwandatel, in 2009. It was first organised, however, by Partners International in December 1993.

Miss Rwanda is a cultural event, and they see it as fitting within their social cooperate responsibilities, the pageant was sponsored by Rwandatel. Miss Rwanda will ensure that the winner adheres to the set rules and behaves in a manner acceptable of beauty queens, to make certain that the institution of Miss Rwanda is respected.[1] The 1st edition Miss Rwanda 2009 was held on December 19, 2009 and Grace Bahati was made a history to become Miss Rwanda.

Titleholders
Year Miss Rwanda Province Miss World Rwanda Miss Universe Rwanda Miss Supranational Rwanda
1993 Dalila Uwera Kigali
2009 Grace Bahati[2] Southern Province
2012 Aurore Mutesi Kayibanda[3] Southern Province
2014 Colombe Akiwacu Eastern Province
2015 Doriane Kundwa[4] Northern Province
2016 Jolly Mutesi[5] Kigali Jolly Mutesi
(Beauty With A Purpose — Top 24)
2017 Elsa Iradukunda Northern Province Elsa Iradukunda
2018 Liliane Iradukunda Western Province Liliane Iradukunda
(Beauty With A Purpose — Top 25)
2019 Meghan Nimwiza Kigali Meghan Nimwiza
(Beauty With A Purpose — Top 20)
2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021 Naomie Nishimwe Kigali TBA

References
  1. "Miss Rwanda: Rwandatel to organize Miss Rwanda 2009". focus.rw. Archived from the original on 2014-10-02.
  2. "Miss Rwanda crowned". The New Times. 20 December 2009.
  3. "Kayibanda crowned Miss Rwanda 2012". The New Times. 3 September 2012.
  4. "Doriane Kundwa crowned Miss Rwanda 2015". The New Times. 22 February 2015.
  5. "Jolly Mutesi is crowned Miss Rwanda 2016". The New Times. 28 February 2016.
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