Plus size, twice as niceMiss Plus Size International to hit Namibian shores A beauty pageant that embraces thick and curvy Namibian ladies is coming and the FNCC will house the show. Miss Plus Size International, is a beauty pageant that is aimed at solving social ills and stereotypes about plus size ladies. The pageant was launched last year and the first pageant took place in Tambov, Russia last year. This year, the pageant is scheduled to take place at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC), on 2 December at 19:00. The first pageant drew ladies from different European countries, to partake in the first ever competition which saw Martha Mwaatile from Namibia nestling the crown at the ice-breaking event in Tambov, Russia.
The founder and organiser of Miss Plus Size International Margaret Shivolo, affectionately known as Margo Rusky in the modelling circles, says after launching the Russian pageant where she is based, she felt the need to bring the pageant to Namibia in order to empower African plus size ladies to appreciate and get comfortable in their body sizes.
The pageant also aims to solve social discrimination against plus size and show the world that the size of your body does not matter, to understand the fact that what matters, is the content of your character.
She adds that, beauty pageants often require participants to fork out large sums of money in flights and other expenses that the pageants do not cover but with this pageant, contestant are not required to pay any fee apart from the N$200 application fee. “Models are normally expected to pay for additional costs that the organisers of pageants are not willing to pay. But, with this pageant, the models will not be paying for additional costs apart from the N$200 application,” said Margo Rusky.
Tickets are available at CompuTicket.
Normal tickets are going for N$ 150 while VIP tickets are going for N$300 and the VVIP table for 5 is going for N$2 500.
June Shimuoshili