Botswana: Miss Botswana launched and sashed the top 10 finalists vying for the 2024 crown at an event held at Cresta Lodge on Saturday.
The organisers also announced the prestigious prize that the queen will walk away at the grand finale. The event was also geared towards reflecting on the Journey that drove the beauty queens thus far.
Moreover, as per the sources, the event Miss Botswana 2024 grand finale will be held on 23rd March at Grand Aria in Tlokweng.
The winner of Miss Botswana 2024 will walk away with a polo vivo car valued at P250,000, a P150,000 fashion voucher, P120,000 for the upkeep of the queen, 1-year of skincare valued at 30 000 and many more prices, which will be announced at the grand finale event.
The 1st runner-up will walk away with P50,000, and the 2nd runner-up will walk away with P25,000.
Miss Botswana Director, Benjamin Raletsatsi alluded that in 2023, Botswana embarked on the Journey to the Diamond Jubilee: 3 carats+1 strategy that involves significant transformations for Miss Botswana for the next three years (2023, 2024, 2025) going into the year of 2026 to host Miss world 2026.
He said the expectation is to have the reigning Miss Botswana 2022, Lesego Chombo, bringing home the 71st Miss World Crown, where she is expected to compete on the 9th of March in New Delhi, India.
When launching the Botswana Influencers Agency, Nyiko Baloyi, a brand and marketing strategist from South Africa, alluded that as an influencer agency, they will sponsor Miss Botswana by offering online courses to the top 10 finalists to help them be well-rounded influencers.
Moreover, the voting lines for Miss Botswana 2024 are open. People can go directly to Google and search for MissBotswana2024 and vote for their favourite contestant. They can also send an SMS with thе unique code assignеd to еach contestant to 16565.