Miss Zimbabwe, Malaika Mushandu, is among 122 contestants from around the world taking part at the Miss World pageant, which celebrates its 60th birthday this year. This means that Malaika (21) will have to put her shoulders to the wheel to pull it through to the finals of the competition where the bar has been raised high.
Interestingly, according to figures released on the Miss World website, over half the Miss World 2011 participants are in full time education studying for a degree, one in four are already graduates and over half speak three of more languages.
Each one of the contestants including Malaika will be dreaming of landing the title. But what are the chances of her making it through. "Beauty is not defined in terms of education only but there are other overwhelming things such as beauty with a purpose. "In this case we are proud of Malaika because she has redefined beauty with an up and running water and sanitation project," Sugar Chagonda, the head of public relations of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority said.
Added to the glamour and glitz is the inclusion of three countries South Sudan, St Barts and Kyrgyzstan for the first time in the history of the pageant. And now 60 years on, the Miss World will celebrate its birthday with a tour of the UK culminating in Miss World final in Earls Court, London - the city where it all began on November 6. (Herald)
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