WORLD-WIDE BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTS

Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss South Africa, Natasha Pretorius

Profile Info

Country: Republic of South Africa
Age: 22 years
Height: 1.74 cm
Occupation: Self Employed
Horoscope: Cancer

Philosophy:

I am responsible for my own life. I have my dreams and I wish to reach them in order for me to be fulfilled knowing I am doing what I love and making a difference, one step at a time. Laugh as much as I breathe and love as long as I live. The biggest adventure I can ever take is to live the life of my dreams. Inspire – Motivate – Guide – Discover – Explore

Hobbies:

Outdoor Recreation, Random Research , Photography, Painting

Bio:

TASH’S LIFE IN A NUTSHELL: I attended a Christian School up to Grade 11 and finished my Grade 12 year in a government school where I obtained my National Senior Certificate. During my schooling years I also attended a Deportment and Modelling School where I obtained diplomas in Deportment, Image Building and Pageantry. Among being a finalist and placing in pageants, my biggest achievement was winning Model of the Year for 3 consecutive years (2004-2005). After leaving school, I started to travel to different countries. During this time I found a niche market and I am now currently busy setting up a Pageant Academy abroad. I envision my business to be a premiere one stop professional Deportment, Modelling and Pageantry academy. My mission is to boost my students self image and confidence levels to greater height by giving the best possible tuition and produce world class beauty queens who will not only launch a professional modelling career, but strive to make a difference in their communities and be a committed ambassador for their country.

Humanitarian Advocacy:

Oprah Winfrey once said: “Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.” Well - a “yes” resounded within me and I felt it. I am conscious about the responsibilities & challenges ahead and when I think about what I will do for humanity and my causes, nothing will beat the euphoria of knowing that I inspired, motivated, encouraged and possibly saved someone in need. This is my truest intention.

When asked what I feel South Africa needs most, I would have to say “Stepping stones.” In South Africa we often lack the opportunities for people to get from where they are now, to a better life. They need opportunities such as education, nutrition, and medical services. Through educating both the people, we are trying to uplift, and the rest of the world through AWARENESS
- I hope to bridge the gap, and be the stepping stone that SA needs. I hope to accomplish this by
working through established foundations and focusing on two different areas, both of which carry huge passion and personal motivation for me.

As part of my Humanitarian Advocacy I have teamed up with Nourish. NOURISH is a South African Non-Profit Organisation dedicated to uplifting local communities, promoting social responsibility, and encouraging environmental education. Nourish strives to improve the lives of people and the environment. From assisting AIDS orphanages with core needs such as food, or clothing, to creating awareness to travellers, to “greening” rural communities - I am heart and soul involved with the work that Nourish is doing! For more information please visit http://www.nourish.org.za/

The other focus which I have, as a passionate and proud South African humanitarian, is that of creating awareness for the lack of health care, awareness and funding when it comes to two illnesses; Cystic Fibrosis and Hydrocephalus. These are issues very close to my heart as I have seen firsthand the effects of these illnesses. Since the cost of treatment is often beyond the reach of the poorer communities in developing countries many people, especially infants may die.
For this reason, this is a cause that I choose to use my voice to bring attention to.

While my two causes and passions may seem varied; in truth they aren’t. My heart lies within Africa, and for the beautiful people that make up my country. People’s needs are sometimes more than meets the eye, and that’s why I choose to be an advocate in supporting charities and organisations that try to meet these needs, whether it be medical, mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, or environmental.


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Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss Philippines, Czarina Gatbonton

Profile Info

Country: Republic of the Philippines
Age: 20 years
Height: 172.70 cm
Occupation: Student
Horoscope: Scorpio

Philosophy:

Success is not only about doing the things you think you can do but rather doing the things people believe that you can accomplish.

Hobbies:
Travelling, Playing Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, Wakeboarding, Ziplining

Bio:

Poverty oftentimes is perceived as a weakness and a disadvantage but in the case of this nutmeg colored beauty who was born and raised in a small fishing island community in the historical province of Bulacan, north of the Philippines, it has turned out to be her strength and power. Growing up knowing the meaning of hardship which means at times not having enough food to go around the table, taking a thirty minute motorboat ride daily to school that gets worst during rainy days, when she would go to her classrooms in a drenched school uniform, forced to sleep over at a friend’s house when she would miss the last boat trip back to the island and wear the same clothes to school the next day, it’s amazing how this Filipina beauty managed to remain optimistic and cheerful.

Czarina Catherine Gatbonton may not have been born with a silver spoon on the table, but she is indeed destined to be a Beauty Queen. Czarina’s fate started to dawn on her when she was proclaimed Bb. Pilipinas World 2010 (Miss Philippines World) which earned her the right to represent the country in the Miss World pageant in China last year. Though her victory that night came as a big surprise to many people who expected the highly-favored fair-skinned, highly-educated candidates from affluent families to win, Czarina with her naturally endearing personality, a set of dazzling pearly whites, charm, and a perfect sweet infectious smile that can take away one’s breath eventually won their hearts over. So amidst the strain on the relations between China and the Philippines that time, she bravely went on and even became closest to the Chinese delegate and ranked second favored to win the crown in a local Chinese poll.

For this twenty year old epitome of a true Filipina beauty, success is not always about doing the things you think you can do but rather doing the things people say you can’t do. She takes pride being able to fulfill a promise she made to her fisherman father and a social worker mother to send her younger brother to school as her passion and dedication towards helping children and young women continues. During her free time, she helps her mother teach young children in the island’s Day Care Center, regularly volunteers for various socio-civic organizations such as “The Child House Foundation” and graciously give free trainings to young Filipina women who dream of becoming a beauty queen.

Her quest for the Miss Humanity International crown is a quest not for herself and family, but for the thousands and millions of people she can possibly help working with the Miss Humanity family, World Health Organization, UNICEF and various foundations and institutions in the Philippines and abroad.

Humanitarian Advocacy:

Children Rights20

The future of humanity belongs to the young children of the world. Thus Czarina wants to involve in various programs and projects that espouses Children Rights as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on The Rights of the Child (UN CRC). Given the chance, she would like to focus on programs that promote the four Basic Rights of the child which is Survival, Protection, Development and Participation.

Born out of poverty, Czarina herself had endured the hardship and misery that most of the less fortunate children of the world have been experiencing today. But with sheer determination, hard work, perseverance, faith and help of other people who believed in her, she was able to rise from apathy and misery and emerged victorious.

Her life story is truly an inspiration to other young people that anything is possible and that dreams really come true. A true Beauty Queen dedicated to good cause for humanity, Czarina is now an active volunteer of Child Hauz, an organization that attends to the needs of children afflicted with cancer. She is now currently forging Networks and Coordination to local NGO's with worldwide affiliations to further strengthen her advocacy on Children's Rights and Development as she continues


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Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss New Zealand, Candy Barry

Profile Info

Country: New Zealand
Age: 23 years
Height: 170.00 cm
Occupation: Honours Student of Marketing and Public Relations
Horoscope: Libra

Philosophy:

Live a life full of passion and no regrets

Hobbies:

Dancing, Snowboarding, Cycling, Cooking

Bio:

My name is Candy Barry and I am 23 years old. I am from the beautiful Islands of New Zealand. At the moment I am in my final year of studying a Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours majoring in Marketing and Public Relations at the University of Waikato. I am also a part of the prestigious Golden Key Honour Society. It is my goal to graduate with first class honours before travelling the world. My ambition is to become a successful businesswoman, travel the world, help youth with depression, and become a loving mother and wife.

I believe that the most important thing in life is passion. With passion you can achieve anything. Passion is fuel for life.

My previous pageant and modelling experiences consist of Miss World New Zealand 2010, Miss Supranational 2010, Miss New Zealand Festival of Beauty 2011 as well as many modelling jobs ranging from catwalk, to photography and to promotions. I am very proud to be representing New Zealand at Miss Humanity International as well as being a regional director of my own pageant in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Humanitarian Advocacy:

My humanitarian advocacy is youth suicide and depression. I chose this cause at it is very close to my heart and is a serious issue throughout the world. I am in the process of starting an organisation called *Kiwis for Hope *which will raise money and awareness for youth suicide and depression by selling white kiwi soft toys in honour of the rare white kiwi bird which was born May 1st 2011. I want to use my knowledge, expertise and experience with depression to become and inspiration, and to help people with depression realise their potential and achieve their dreams.


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Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss Kenya, Natasha Bintz

Profile Info

Country: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Age: 21 years
Height: 173.00 cm
Occupation: Model & Event Manager

Philosophy:

Design your own life cause nobody will do it for you, live your dreams and be happy with what you have, cause every day could be the last one.

Hobbies:

Fitness, Zumba, Modeling, activities with children

Bio:

I was born and grew up in Luxembourg , very good at school but also very shy. My parents divorced when I was 10 and We had to move when
I was 17, so I decided to get independent. I stopped school and started working as a waiter , I became more and more interested in a fashion and people motivated me to participate in model contests. I

really liked it and I had a lot of good returns, so I participated in Miss Luxembourg and became 3rd runner up, after that I participated in Miss tourism queen of the year 2010 in china. I made such a great experience that I found my life goal. Representing the beauty of my country and doing as much as I can to promote Luxembourg abroad. I also started organizing my own pageants and fashion shows, especially for black women. Because of this success people asked me to help them for their events and that's how I became event manager. This year I changed my whole life, all alone, and end of this year, one of my biggest dreams will hopefully come true, winning an international beauty pageant, for the first time of the history of my country !

Humanitarian Advocacy:
SCHOOL OF HOPE

I'm working for the School of Hope, founded by a French football player. Their selling trading cards to build new schools and help kids to learn to write and read. We are traveling through Europe and
give one kid every month the chance to meet his favorite player, and it's for french tv. Since 3 years I' m a big fan of africa , of their culture, people, food, kindness, spirit of life so I also Help african people to have success in Luxembourg , in categories fashion and beauty.


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Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss Lesotho, Karabelo Mokoallo

Profile Info

Country: Kingdom of Lesotho
Age: 24 years
Height: 178.00 cm
Occupation: Laboratory Technician
Horoscope: Aries

Philosophy: Christianity

Hobbies: Dancing


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Miss Humanity International 2011 Contestant - Miss Kenya, Diana Nekoye

Profile Info

Country: Republic of Kenya
Age: 23 years
Height: 173.00 cm
Occupation: Producer
Horoscope: Scorpio

Philosophy:

Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. (Luke 8:16)

Hobbies:

Fashion Designing, Reading Novels(Fiction), Spending time with children, Cooking, Knitting Scarves, Dancing, Dinner cruises, Aikido(Japanese self defense training), Praying and Making new friends. Charity Fashion events like Fashion for Relief in Dar-Es Salaam, Tanzania and Kenya's Fashion for Peace to spread love and peace through fashion.

Bio:

Educational background:
Bachelor of Commerce Degree(Marketing Major) Graduating Class of December 2010(2006-2010)
Lugulu Girls' High School Class of 2005(2002-2005)
Mumias Central Primary School Class of 2001(1994-2001)

Ambitions:

I have to use every opportunity presented to me to advocate for peace not only in Kenya but all of Africa. I wish to become the first Miss Humanity International and Peace Ambassador using this as a platform which will enable me to form alliances with Charitable non-profit organizations such as Fashion for Relief in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania and Kenya's Fashion For Peace which are campaigns that spread love and peace through fashion. As a peace ambassador I will brighten the faces of orphaned children in Kenya by involving them with my annual Simbaress Fashion for Love Event. I've proudly represented Kenya impressively at international pageants placing:

1st Runner's Up (Miss Summer) at Miss Bikini International 2010, Beijing & Sanya in China
Finalist in Face of Africa 2009 - 2010 Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa & Nigeria
1st Runner's Up at Ford SuperModel Search (Catwalk Kenya) 2007

Humanitarian Advocacy:

: PEACE IN KENYA
It is disheartening to say that the people in my country have been the victims of the effects of political warfare. This has led to high increases of orphaned & disabled children. For my advocacy in working towards peace in my country I've joined three organization Kenya's Rotary Club at the Rally for Children with Special Needs, Wangige Children Home and Bila Ukabila... Which is Swahili for Without Tribalism/nepotism- It was formed by colleagues after the post election violence in Kenya.

I love children and how innocent they are, it hurts me to see a child suffer or being left out by their parents. Universally everyone loves children, but not all the children in the world are happy. Some of the kids in the orphanage were abandoned by their parents, they are not really orphans. The children with special needs, some are mentally handicapped and others physically handicapped :-( I like spending time with them, bringing food and snacks, having a play day with them. During my third year of university, my friends and I went to the Wangige children's homes, cleaned their little hostels, gave them clothes we bought at the flee market and i even braided the girls' hair! It was so much fun to see the kids happy and having a good time.

By highlighting all these causes, I believe that the Kenyan society would become selfless and think of the children with special needs, the orphans and even be positive in terms of letting go off the hatred that was brought by the post election violence. Different ethnic groups went against each other all because of politics and many people lost their lives and homes. That was saddening. We travelled with my family up country to go and vote with my grandmother and when we were travelling back to the city most houses had been burnt down to the ground! Dominant ethnic groups in certain areas turned against the minority groups all because of politics.

By promoting peace in Kenya as a cause, highlighting that the past should never be repeated in the face of 2012 elections is also something I would like to be involved in that is why I have joined the Bila Ukabila intiative as one of the Peace Ambassadors.


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