Contestants will be evaluated by a list of top judges from the modelling, photography and fashion industries. They will base their judgement on various challenges put together by a team of experts. Tasks will also be set to determine the contestants’ skills as team leaders/players as well as their interactions with others. They will be interviewed individually as well as collectively by the various judges prior to the commencement of the grand final and throughout the auditioning stage.
In line with our theme of Judges and Guests:
We are still finalising our panel of judges. The full list will be disclosed as and when it has been confirmed. The panel will include Ugandan model Eva Mbabazi, Sola Oyebade; Director of Top Model of Colour as well as Mahogany Model Management-the same agency that will sign the winner for a year.
Procedure For Recruiting Contestants
Our aim is to attract many eligible contestants from all parts of Uganda who will be between 17 to 24 years old. This is due to the strict Miss World organisation rules by which we have to comply to as the winner is expected take part in the Ugandan national contest. Please find below criteria for eligibility and selection process:-
Ø Must be a Ugandan or British Ugandan and reside in UK (valid ID required)
Ø Must be between the ages of 17 and 24 years old at the time of application or participation for the beauty pageant
Ø Must not have had a child and not be pregnant
Ø Must be a minimum of “5”7 inches tall
Ø Must be committed, hard working and ambitious
Ø Must agree to abide by all the rules of the organisers/directors of the show
Ø Must meet the standards and criteria as set out by the organising committee
Ø Must be willing to submit to a physical and health test i.e you can run down stairs
Ø Must be willing to travel if chosen as the eventual winner of “Miss Uganda UK 2009”. The winner will travel to Uganda shortly afterwardsØ Will be required to undertake the duties required of her during her rein which includes some voluntary work for good causes wherever possible. This will be both in Uganda as well as the UK.
Training:
The selected 15 finalists will go through to the grand final and will be unveiled to the public during a press conference. There will be a structured training regime twice a month for 4 months and will include the following:-
Life skill training and etiquette.
Training will be provided by an experienced modelling expert who will teach about fashion, catwalk/runway, modelling skills, physical fitness and sales acumen. This will channel the challenges, obstacles and victories of the potential winner as they develop into beauty queens. They will need to demonstrate both inner and outer beauty. They will also go through a unique training which will help to enhance their individual talents and interests. All these would have been designed to help them to grow to improve their confidence, awareness and expression of themselves.
Key areas of training:
The following are just some of the key areas of training that will be provided to the contestant during their session training with us:-
Ø Presence, poise and posture
Ø Personality development and etiquette
Ø Self esteem development and empowerment
Ø Auditioning and interview techniques and practices
Ø Wardrobe planning and accessorising
Ø Professional photo shoot, camera photo shoot and film modelling
Ø Television commercial and product modelling
Ø Runaway techniques
Ø Public speaking, effective speech and voice coaching
Mini Awards:
These are the following mini awards that will be given out to the contestants who win in the relevant categories:-
vBeauty with a Purpose Award
v Ms Photogenic Award
Miss Personality Award
Main Prize – Winner
Other prizes are being negotiated and will be included and communicated to the contestants as soon as they become available, these are just some of them:-
· A return and expenses paid flight to Uganda to enable you to enter the national contest, to be able to go through to represent Uganda at the Miss World contest for 2009
· A years modelling contract with Mahogany Model Management
· Cash prize
· An annual free membership to Club Volts London
· Certificate of participation
Other prizes:
Ø Flowers for all the girls
Ø Medals for all the participants
Ø Certificate of participation
Ø They get to keep all the clothes and any accessories given
Ø Box of chocolates
Opportunity for Contestants:
We will endeavour to market the beauty pageant using various media methods such as TV, radio and newspapers by carrying out the following:-
Running advertisements for the dates in the national and local newspapers in Uganda as well as various ethnic minority newspapers and radio stations in London
· Publishing and advertising for pageantry dates in advance
· Web site voting for all the contestants
· Profiling of contestants which would be updated frequently with current happenings as well as profiles and brief background about each contestant
· On the day of the final show, a small booklet would be published and distributed to the paying guess and VIP with photos and brief details of the contestants and their profiles
· Annual magazine with details of all the backstage happenings would be published. This would be an insert in the Eyecon Magazine.
Conclusion:
Our established and experience team will strive to ensure that each individual reaches their full potential ensuring that every avenue of career development and progression is explored. Our unique management approach also ensures that our contestants receive the best possible service in terms of interests through professionalism. That is one of the reasons why we will only choose a maximum of 15 participants to contest to go through for the grand finals. I am sure you can appreciate this is not an easy option for the management to take but it will help us to better concentrate on contestants we feel will have and will be able to acquire the potential to become an eventual winner, which is our main overall aim. In order for a contestant to reach their full potential, we will need to invest our time and effort, resources and give proper training to ensure that the girls meet the required standard. Competition across the globe and the standards of the beauty pageants are higher than ever. We believe our care and attention to detail can make all the difference but above all, we don’t just want to send you to Kampala to take part in the national contest for the sake of it, we want to send you to Kampala and be confident that you will win it for us and be able to represent Uganda at the Miss World contest, this after all is our overall aim and objectives.
Special requests:
Please get as many of your friends and family members to attend and invite as many of your social friends and tell them about the event so that they can arrange to attend. It is always encouraging to know you have friends and family in the audience to support you.
Venue:
Troxy is a luxurious state-of-the-art, up-market entertainment venue providing full seating for all, with theatre style seating on the Upper Gallery and VIP table seating in the Grand Hall. Troxy is also the official venue for the prestigious Miss England Pageant. The venue has 4 fully equipped bars managed by professional staff. There are six ladies and gents’ WC’s with six cubicles in each manned by professional attendants. Troxy comes complete with two large performance stages, 10 plasma screens, modern Audio Visual Technology and floating lights providing a chilled and atmospheric back drop. Situated along the A13, the TROXY is centrally located with free off street parking and 24 hours easy access to public transport in all directions.
Jackie Matovu - Contestants Manager – She is still the reigning Miss Uganda UK beauty queen. She has got extensive experience in the beauty pageantry and as a former contestant, she would be able to give contestants valuable advice during the competition and leading to the grand final. Her experience would be invaluable to all contestants.
We hope you find this information pack useful, but if you require further assistance, please do contact us, we are here to help you.
Jacqueline Matovu- Contestant’s Manager
07735 084 205
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Joyce Church
07988 404 259
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