Meet 5 Beauty Queens Representing Africa at This Year's Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant run by the United States based Miss Universe Organization. It is by far one of the most watched beauty pageants in the world with an estimated audience of over 500 million viewers across over 190 territories. This year’s edition, the 69th edition – Miss Universe 2020 will be held on May 16, 2021 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Because of the pandemic, some national pageants were either delayed or cancelled indefinitely and as a result of that, some countries will not be able to participate in the pageant this year. Some African countries who won’t be participating in this year’s Miss Universe include Angola, Egypt, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria.

But just because a lot of African countries won’t be present this year doesn’t mean that Africa as a continent won’t be present. Here are 5 beauty queens that will representing Africa in this year’s contest.

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1. Natasha Joubert

Natasha Joubert is the 23 year old beauty queen that will be representing South Africa this year. From Pretoria in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, Natasha obtained a bachelor’s degree in marketing management from Boston City Campus in 2020 before going ahead to work as a public relations officer for a law firm. In 2016, Natasha started her own business called Natalie Jefferys, a fashion company specializing in couture. She says she is deeply inspired by her family and credits her late father for her ambition to succeed.

2. Angele Kossinda

Angele Kossinda is the 28 year old beauty queen that will be representing Cameroon this year. From Douala, Cameroon, Angele has a passion for acting, travelling, scriptwriting, and youth education. She also has a Masters’ degree in Finance from Pigier Cameroun and provides free math lessons to underprivileged children in her city. In her free time, Angele produces and acts in a comedy series available to stream on Youtube.

3. Vandana Jeetah

Vandana Jeetah is the 29 year old beauty queen that will be representing Mauritius this year. Vandana currently works as an in-house barrister but is passionate about the law and just recently earned her Masters’ Degree. She describes herself as being grounded, ambitious and a free spirit and is also a founding member and former President of the Leo Club, Flacq.

4. Nova Stevens

Even though Nova Stevens was born in Sudan, she will be representing Canada this year. After the 26 year old beauty queen and her family fled the civil war in Sudan, Nova was sent by herself to Canada at the age of 6. She says that Growing up separately from her family made her appreciate the importance of fostering healthy development and has made her continuously search for for opportunities to serve young Canadians.

5. Chelsea Tayui

Chelsea Tayui is the 25 year old beauty queen that will be representing Ghana this year. She graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Communications and Media and works part-time as the Communications Director for The KJM Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to create a world where every individual has access to basic human needs.

We are rooting for all of our African queens and hope that this year one of these beautiful women take the crown.

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