Miss Namibia

Miss Namibia

Formation	1980
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Windhoek
Location	Namibia
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World
Official language	English
National Director	Conny Maritz
Website	Miss Namibia official site

Miss Namibia is a national beauty pageant in Namibia.

History

The very first Miss Namibia was held in 1980 by Nic Kruger, the founder of the pageant. After that there are three national director: Nic Kruger (1980-1996), Danie Botes (1997-1998) and Conny Maritz (1999-today).

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Miss Namibia represents her country at Miss Universe and Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Sometimes the runner-up will be competing at Miss World pageant if the winner has been successful at the Miss Universe pageant.

Year	Miss Namibia	Hometown	Miss Universe	Miss World
1980	Bernice Tembo	Windhoek	Did not compete	Did not compete
1981	Antoinette Knoetze	Windhoek	1981 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1982	Desere Kotze	Windhoek	1982 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1983	Astrid Klotzch	Windhoek	1983 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1984	Peta Harley-Peters	Windhoek	1984 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1985	Alice Pfeiffer	Windhoek	Did not compete	Did not compete
1986	Jo-Rina Meyer	Windhoek	Did not compete	Did not compete
1987	Bianca Pragt	Windhoek	Did not compete	Did not compete
1988	Caroline du Preez	Windhoek	Did not compete	Did not compete
1989	Emsie Esterhuizen	Windhoek	Did not compete	1989 - Unplaced
1990	Ronel Liebenberg	Windhoek	1991 - Unplaced	1990 - Unplaced
1991	Michelle McLean	Windhoek	Miss Universe 1992	1991 - 4th Runner-up
1992	Anja Schroeder	Windhoek	1993 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1993	Barbara Kahatjipara	Windhoek	1994 - Miss Congeniality	Did not compete
1995	Patricia Burt	Windhoek	1995 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1996	Faghma Absalom	Windhoek	1996 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1997	Sheya Shipanga	Windhoek	1997 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1998	Retha Reinders	Windhoek	1998 - Unplaced	Did not compete
1999	Vaanda Katjuongua	Windhoek	1999 - Unplaced	Did not compete
2000	Mia de Klerk	Windhoek	2000 - Unplaced	2000 - Unplaced
2001	Michelle Heita	Windhoek	2001 - Unplaced	2001 - Unplaced
2002	Ndapewa Alfons	Windhoek	2003 - Top 10	2002 - Unplaced
2003	Petrina Thomas	Windhoek	Did not compete	2003 - Unplaced
2004	Adele Basson	Windhoek	2005 - Unplaced	2004 - Unplaced
2005	Leefa Shiikwa	Windhoek	Did not compete	2005 - Unplaced
2006	Anna Svetlana Nashandi	Windhoek	2006 - Unplaced	2006 - Top 17
2007	Marichen Luiperth	Swakopmund	Did not compete	2007 - Unplaced
2008	Marelize Robberts	Windhoek	Did not compete	2008 - Unplaced
2009	Happie Ntelamo	Caprivi	2009 - Unplaced	2009 - Unplaced
2009	Odile Gertze[1]	Windhoek	Did not compete	2010 - Top 25
2011	Luzaan van Wyk	Windhoek	Did not compete	2011 - Unplaced
2012	Tsakana Nkandi	Tsumeb	2012 - Unplaced	Did not compete
2013	Paulina Malulu	Windhoek	2013 - Unplaced	2013 - Unplaced
2014	Brumhilda Ochs	Windhoek	Did not compete	2014 - Unplaced
2015	Steffi Van Wyk[2]	Windhoek	Did not compete	2015 - Miss World Sport
2016	TBA	TBA	2016 - TBA	2016 - TBA

Notes

• Miss Namibia 2005, Leefa Shiikwa was stripped of her title after it was disclosed that she was married to an Angolan man.^[3]

References

1. "Odile crowned as Miss Namibia". The Namibian. August 2, 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
2. "Miss Nambia 2015 Steffi Van Wyk". www.angelopepdia.com. Angelopedia. 8 August 2015.
3. "Hubby leads to Miss Namibia losing her crown". Independent Online. April 18, 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

External links

• Miss Namibia official site