Beauty models in Malawi have protested that their reputations continue to be badly damaged by the negative perception by some sections of the society that portray them as if they sell themselves for sex. Vanessa Chiutsi and Tunosiwe Mwakalinga, first and second princesses of this year’s Miss Blantyre have since called for a mindset change, […]
Malawi will for the first time have miss ‘Bikini Beach Beauty 2015’ that will see 45 models competing for a grand prize of MK 500, 000 ( half a million Kwacha) with special emphasis on body shape, condition and overall attractiveness. The beauty pageant will have a 3 day finals starting on Friday 3rd April […]
Celebrated Miss Malawi organisor Carver Bhima was treated by former contestants to a ‘thank you’ dinner at Sunbird Mount Soche last week , an initiative by Lilian Aziz, who is based in Gambia since 2004. Miss Malawi 2008 Perth Msiska was among the beauty queens the country crowned who attended the event. Aziz, the former […]
Former Miss Malawi Blandina Khondowe (nee Mlenga) has completed her final round of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment and termed it as her rebirth, saying she wants to write a book and start health activisim. Blandina who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32, told a local newspaper that she will write a book about her experiences […]
Faith Chibale, former Miss Malawi and Malawi News Model of the Year, was on Sunday laid to rest at Manjawira in the central district of Ntcheu. The ex-beauty queen died Friday, 14 March 2014, at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. According to family members, she died of Tuberculosis at the age of 24. […]
Sombre mood engulfed College of Medicine in the commercial city of Malawi, Blantyre on Saturday when thousands of Malawians from the entertainment industry, business people, sports personalities gathered to pay their last respect to Faith Chibale, who was former Miss Malawi. Faith, who was always charming and humble died on Friday afternoon at Queen Elizabeth […]
Malawians have been paying tribute to model and former Miss Malawi Faith Chibale who died on Friday aged 24. Faith, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, died at noon. Her brother Mathews said Faith’s death was “shocking”. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved […]
Former Miss Malawi Faith Chibale is admitted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre where she is recovering from a suspected bout of meningitis. A source close to the beauty queen told Nyasa Times that Chibale has been admitted at the referral hospital for close to a week. “She has been bedridden at her house […]
Vitumbiko Kamanga, director of Artistic Agency, which has been managing the Miss Malawi beauty pageant and office for the past two years, is back into the music industry after about a decade of absence. The artist, otherwise known as Vitu K in the entertainment circles was one of the adored artists in the early 2000s […]
Escom United players and journalists from the country’s major media houses had a shock of their lives on Saturday evening, when overzealous Football Association of Malawi (FAM) general secretary Suzgo Nyirenda and his media officer Casper Jangale barred them from entering the reception hall at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe. Close to 10 journalists, who included Nation […]
Former Miss Malawi Faith Chibale has said her heart is still with the vulnerable and wants to help create a conducive environment for kids living with their mothers in the country’s prisons. Chibale, well-known for her charity work during her term as the country’s beauty queen in 2011, said this in an interview with Nyasa […]
Almost a year after the reigning Miss Malawi, Susan Mtegha, was ushered into office, preparations towards identifying her successor should have been at an advanced stage by now. However, Nyasa Times has learnt that Miss Malawi 2012 might not be happening because the event’s organisers, Artistic Agency, do not have funds to run the competition, […]
The country’s beauty queen, Susan Mtegha, has said she cannot apologise for pushing Miss New Zealand, Collette Lochore, on stage at the Miss World in China last Saturday. Miss Malawi, 24, made her first public speech following the incident, which had its video posted on YouTube and quickly went viral that people called it “The […]
Hours after she made headlines on international online media and social networks for shoving Miss New Zealand at the Miss World finale in China, Malawi’s beauty queen Susan Mtegha on Tuesday collapsed at Beijing International Airport. Nyasa Times understands that the 24-year-old model, fainted soon after she checked-in at the airport as she was about […]
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Malawi’s representative at the Miss World pageant Susan Mtegha has grabbed the headlines for a “shoulder tackle” against New Zealand contestant. International media outlets were awash with the story that organisers of Miss World New Zealand will formally complain to the competition’s international body after Collette Kelly Lochore, a New Zealand contestant was pushed by Miss […]
As she quotes Daniel J. Boorstin, an American Social Historian, who once said “Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know”, absolutely no one would hold us responsible for saying Malawi’s beauty queen Susan Mtegha is having the best experience of her lifetime in China? The reigning Miss Malawi, who left the […]
The reigning Miss Malawi, Susan Mtegha, on Monday left the country for Mongolia, China, where she will be competing in the Miss World 2012. The world beauty pageant is scheduled to take place on August 18 and has over 100 participants, expected to start arriving in the host city on Wednesday. Confirming Mtegha’s departure, Tadala […]