Miss Heritage 2014

Miss Heritage 2014

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Miss Heritage 2014
Date December 20, 2014
Venue Johannesburg  South Africa [1]
Entrants 42
Placements 10
Debuts Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ethiopia, Egypt, Guadaloupe, Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Swaziland, Thailand, Uganda, United States
Winner Odessa Mae Tadaya
Philippines Philippines

Miss Heritage 2014, was the 2nd edition of the Miss Heritage pageant. Shequera Grace King[2] of the Bahamas crowned her successor Odessa Mae Tadaya[3] of the Philippines at the end of this event held at Silver Star Hotel and Casino in Johannesburg South Africa. 42 countries and territories participated in the event.

Results

Final Results Contestant
Miss Heritage 2014
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner Up
4th Runner Up

Continental Queens

Final Results Contestant
Miss Heritage Africa
Miss Heritage Asia
  •  India - Avneet Kaur Arora
Miss Heritage Europe
Miss Heritage South America
Miss Heritage North America

Contestants

Country Contestant Age Hometown
 Algeria Nassima Marwa Aid 23 Algeria
 Argentina Sofia Pomo 21 Argentina
 Australia Jennifer Hunt 25 New South Wales
 BangladeshFatimatu Zohra Etisha 20 Dhaka
 Belize Jessel Lauriano 26 Belize
 Belgium Jennifer Den Haese Belgium
 Botswana Katlego Gaotsenelelwe 20 Gaborone
 Belarus Iana Fedoseeva 20 Tula
 Cameroon Florence Épée Ngasse 21 Yaounde
 Canary Islands Mishela Batista 27 Canarias Espana
 Crimea Skrylkova Ekaterina 20 Tula
 Ecuador Maria Jose Otavalo Quizhpe 18 Cuenca
 EthiopiaGenet Tsegay 23 Addis Ababa
 Ghana Zina Asiedu 26 Accra
 GuadeloupeAnaïs Modeste 18 Trois-Rivières
 IcelandUnnur Zodiak 18 Iceland City
 IndiaAvneet Kaur Arora 21 New Delhi
 Indonesia Rakhmi Wijiharti 21 Semarang
 ItalyOlga Matsyana 24 Rome
 Ivory CoastReine Victoire Aka 21 Abidjan
 KyrgyzstanRannat Aitalieva 25 Kyrgyzstan
 LebanonMirna Olleik 28 Beirut
 Mauritius Dona Charun 21 Port Louis
 MexicoAndrea Celeste Chiapas
 Morocco Saloua Bouchaib[6] 28 Marrakesh
 NamibiaMagdelena Weef Geaorge 20 Windhoek
 New ZealandPaige Thiyagarajah 21 Auckland
 NetherlandsJoyce Jansen Netherlands
 NigeriaKehinde Mojisola 22 Lagos
 PolandNatalia Janoszek 24 Bielsko-Biała
 Portugal Raquel Fonte 22 Lisbon
 Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya 18 Guimba
 Romania Burca Monica 27 Bucharest
 Russia Kristina Kuzovnikova 20 Tula
 RwandaMarlene Mutoniwase[7] 22 Kigali
 Spain Laura Illanas 21 Spain
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anna La Borde 25 Kingstown
 South Africa Kgomotso Caroline Angel Pilane
 Swaziland Phumzile Thwala [8] 23 Mbabane
 United States Michelle Cooper 20 San Diego
 Uganda Aiysha Nagudi[9] 26 Kampala
 Vietnam Pearlynn Dang 18 California
 Zambia Tina Shinga 22 Lusaka
 Zimbabwe Tendai Rukwava 25 Harare

Crowned Queens at national pageants

Miss Heritage Rwanda Marlene Mutoniwase was crowned on the 20th of February at the Miss Rwanda Pageant .[7][10]

Miss Heritage Swaziland Phumzile Thwala was crowned in September 2013.[11]

Miss Heritage Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya was crowned as the official delegate for Philippines for Miss Heritage 2014.

Miss Heritage India Avneet Kaur Arora was crowned as the official delegate of India for Miss Heritage 2014.

Heritage Championship events

Ludo-diversity Queen

Ludo Diversity means diversity in games, of all sorts, physical and non physical. Contestants engage into traditional games, from different countries. Traditional games are part of intangible heritage and a symbol of the cultural diversity in the world. They are medium to project and show the great values of solidarity, diversity, inclusiveness and cultural awareness.

Game 1- Iintonga is a South African ancient Indigenous Game.

This game is an ancient game that has been practiced for many centuries in South AfricaTwo fighters go into a ring. Each contestant will be having two plastic form rubber sticks, the attack and the defense stick. The referee blows a whistle to start the game and the fighters try to hit their opponent with their stick, while defending themselves with the defense stick. Points are given due to number of blows that hit the fighter’s body. A referee controls the match and a timekeeper controls the rounds in each bout. A bout consists of three rounds of one minute each.[12]

Final Result Contestant
Winner
  •  Rwanda  - Marlene Mutoniwase
1st Runner up
2nd Runner up
  •  India  - Avneet Kaur Arora

Heritage Night of the Gifted

"Event not held

Heritage Cuisine Queen

This competition is a Gift performance show, ie Talent in layman’s terms. It is based on gifts/talents that are Traditional, Heritage themed depending per country. So each contestant shows off her country’s culture through the heritage performance. Contestants shall also be put into two groups’ whereby they are required to produce a 5 minute Drama /Play per group which Portrays World Heritage related Issues.

Winner

1st runner up

2nd runner up

References

  1. ↑ "Int'l pageants". Pageantopolis.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Shequera King in Johannesburg to pass on the Miss Heritage World crown". thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Odessa Mae Tadaya Crowned Miss Heritage World... |". Felixmanuel.opmbworldwide.com. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Observer". Observer. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141227134020/http://www.observer.org.sz/the-scene/68841-phumzile-thwala-wins-miss-personality-title.html. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "مذيعة ملكة جمال عارضة أزياء ممثلة سلوى سبع صنايع والحظ مش ضايع | جريدة الأنباء الكويتية". Alanba.com.kw. 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  7. 1 2 "MISS Rwanda 2014 - Akiwacu Colombe niwe Nyampinga w’u Rwanda 2014". Missrwanda.rw. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Times Of Swaziland". Times.co.sz. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Miss Tourism Aims For Miss Heritage Crownbigeye.Ug". Bigeye.ug. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  10. ↑ "Colombe Akiwacu is Miss Rwanda 2014 | The Rwanda Focus". Focus.rw. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Times Of Swaziland". Times.co.sz. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  12. ↑ "South Africa's ancient art of stick fighting | Public Radio International". Pri.org. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
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