Pageant to dispel misconceptions around beauty

A BEAUTY pageant aimed at uplifting African women in the United Kingdom has been described by a Zimbabwean model Audrey Zaranyika as a game-changer, dispelling negative sentiment surrounding beauty pageants.

The model, who hails from Norton and is now based in Hampshire, United Kingdom, told NewsDay Life & Style in an interview that the Miss/Mrs Africa UK/IE is a beauty pageant that has been created for African women residing in the UK and Ireland who are aged 30 and above, as they are not ordinarily given a platform to compete and be ambassadors on a global scale.

“The pageant supports African women and does away with height, shape or whether one is married or not.

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