Besides the public negative comments about the Miss Curvy Uganda that fueled after Minister Kiwanda Suubi’s controversial comments, the company behind the pageant has said that come rain or sun, they have to showcase what their mothers gave them.
The contest slated for June, 2019 has so far attracted 140 ladies who are ready to showcase what they are blessed with.
Ms Anne Mungoma, the chief executive officer of Miss Curvy Uganda noted that she not bothered about the uproar over the announcement of the beauty contest since the whole concept was misunderstood.
“This event is a beauty pageant for the natural-plus-size, which we must embrace and appreciate. We want the beauty queens to express themselves; so appreciate their intellect and clear the impression that a beauty queen must be size zero,” she said.
Ms Mungoma said the event is meant to show the world that Uganda is endowed with natural African women from who many campaigns to promote tourism can be designed.
“Brazil has a carnival, are they selling their women? Tourists go to see the Karimojong, the Masai, and the Batwa; are they up for sale? Curvaceous women are eye-catching people unless they are saying we restrict beauty pageants to only slim ladies,” she said.
Asked how this will translate into tourism promotion, she said by providing a platform for curvaceous women to compete, the winner of Miss Curvy Uganda will have the opportunity to participate in Miss Curvy Africa and finally Miss Curvy World, just as Quinn Abenakyo did Uganda proud by participating in the just concluded Miss World beauty contest.
Ms Mungoma said if a Ugandan participant wins the Miss Curvy World contest, this would help promote the country’s image and get the world to know Uganda more.
“All the way from West Nile down to South Uganda, we have naturally endowed women and we need to tell the story about the cultures where these women come from and that is how we shall market our country,” she said. She added that besides marketing our natural attractions, this would also promote cultural endowments.
She challenged whoever is against her initiative to point out the negativity in similar contests such as Miss Tourism, Miss Uganda, and other beauty pageants, which have been organised in the country previously adding that the whole concept has been misunderstood.
