26 Nov 2023

Gorata Sego from the Tonota District and Kagiso Xhari from Charleshill District are this year’s Miss RADP beauty pageant and Mr RADP fashion show winners respectively.

The duo, both aged 25 years, won the titles beating other 34 contestants in both female and male categories during the competition held at the Boipuso Hall on Saturday.

Sego captivated the crowd with her promise to advocate for preservation of culture.

Sharon Isaac from Robelela in the Bobirwa District and Melody Dekoker from Kokotsha in Tsabong District were crowned first and second princesses respectively.

The Mr RADP fashion parade on the other hand saw Xhari, all dressed in white, stealing the show with his stage presence as he waltzed the ramp holding a white Maltese dog, to the delight of the audience who could not help but applaud.

Kgotso Gasemodimo from Dimajwe in Serowe District obtained  second position while Freddy Morris from D’kar in the Ghanzi District was third.

Both Sego and Xhari went away with P70 000 worth of prizes, out of which P10 000 will be given as cash.

In an interview, Xhari said his project would be centered on farming and promised to hire his peers to help bridge the unemployment gap at his home village of New Xanagas.

In second positions in both the female and male categories, Isaac and Gasemodimo respectively walked away with P60 000 each from which they will get P7 000 in cash while in third positions, both Dekoker and Morris walked away with P50 000 each from which they got P5 000 in cash.

Other contestants who took part in the competition were each rewarded with P4 000 as consolation prize.

Speaking at the event, Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mabuse Pule said the Miss RADP Beauty Pageant, popularly known as Miss RADP, had been running for 10 years and had grown immensely since its inception in 2013.

“I am happy to announce that the Mr RADP Fashion Show is in its third year since its launch in 2018. It brings me great joy to inform you that both these events have gained significant popularity and importance in the Botswana pageantry and modeling scene,” Pule said.

He added that the event was supported by the First Lady Neo Masisi, for the second time since she became patron.

Under her guidance, he said new initiatives were introduced among them the development of a booklet profiling all the contestants who participated last year, including information about their settlements.

“We are also planning do the same with the current contestants. We are also planning to profile all the contestants since the inception of this initiative in 2013. All these profiles will be shared with all our foreign missions to market this initiative and by extension Botswana,” he said.

He indicated that the Miss RADP beauty pageant and Mr RADP fashion show theme, Unearthing Natural Beauty and Talent, would remain the same because it acknowledged how the event valued diversity and uniqueness of culture and natural beauty found among young talented men and women from remote area communities. ENDS