Beauty pageant empowers Namibian informal settlement youth
STORY: Beauty pageant empowers Namibian informal settlement youth
DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:57
LOCATION: Windhoek
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Havana informal settlement, beauty pageant, Windhoek
2. SOUNDBITE(English): Charlotte Namwandi, Miss Youth Vibez
3. various of Havana informal settlement and beauty pageant venue, Windhoek
STORYLINE:
Wearing her sash adorning her outfit, Charlotte Namwandi encouraged young girls in Havana, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Namibia's capital Windhoek, to be daring.
Namwandi was crowned the first-ever Miss Youth Vibez, a pioneer beauty pageant aiming to empower and unleash the talents of young people in informal settlements in Namibia. The contest held on Nov. 19 attracted 15 participants from various backgrounds in Windhoek.
Nineteen-year-old Namwandi knows too well the challenges of growing up in an informal settlement.
"I grew up in an informal settlement in Otavi town and understood first-hand how hard the limited opportuni
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