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Miss Heritage 2014

Miss Heritage 2014
DateDecember 20, 2014
VenueSilver Star Hotel and Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa[1]
Entrants42
Placements8
Debuts
WithdrawalsPakistan
WinnerOdessa Mae Tadaya
 Philippines
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Miss Heritage 2014 was the second Miss Heritage pageant, held at the Silver Star Hotel and Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 20, 2014.

Shequera Grace King[2] of The Bahamas crowned Odessa Mae Tadaya[3] of the Philippines at the end of the event.

Results

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Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss Heritage 2014
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 8

Continental Queens

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Continent Contestant
Miss Heritage Africa
Miss Heritage Asia
  • India – Avneet Kaur Arora
Miss Heritage Europe
Miss Heritage North America
Miss Heritage South America

Contestants

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Country Contestant Age Hometown
Algeria Nassima Marwa Aid 23 Algeria
Argentina Sofia Pomo 21 Argentina
Australia Jennifer Hunt 25 New South Wales
Bangladesh Fatimatu Zohra Etisha 20 Dhaka
Belize Jessel Lauriano 26 Belize
Belgium Jennifer Den Haese Belgium
Botswana Katlego Gaotsenelelwe 20 Gaborone
Belarus Iana Fedoseeva 20 Tula
Cameroon Florence Épée Ngasse 21 Yaounde
Canary Islands Mishela Batista 27 Canary Islands
Crimea Skrylkova Ekaterina 20 Tula
Ecuador Maria Jose Otavalo Quizhpe 18 Cuenca
Ethiopia Genet Tsegay 23 Addis Ababa
Ghana Zina Asiedu 26 Accra
Guadeloupe Anaïs Modeste 18 Trois-Rivières
Iceland Unnur Zodiak 18 Reykjavík
India Avneet Kaur Arora 19 New Delhi
Indonesia Rakhmi Wijiharti 21 Semarang
Italy Olga Matsyana 24 Rome
Ivory Coast Reine Victoire Aka 21 Abidjan
Kyrgyzstan Rannat Aitalieva 25 Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon Mirna Olleik 28 Beirut
Mauritius Dona Charun 21 Port Louis
Mexico Andrea Zenteno Chiapas
Morocco Saloua Bouchaib[6] 28 Marrakesh
Namibia Magdelena Weef Geaorge 20 Windhoek
New Zealand Paige Thiyagarajah 21 Auckland
Netherlands Joyce Jansen Netherlands
Nigeria Kehinde Mojisola 22 Lagos
Poland Natalia Janoszek 24 Bielsko-Biała
Portugal Raquel Fonte 22 Lisbon
Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya 18 Guimba
Romania Burca Monica 27 Bucharest
Russia Kristina Kuzovnikova 20 Tula
Rwanda Marlene Mutoniwase[7] 22 Kigali
Spain Laura Illanas 21 Spain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anna La Borde 25 Kingstown
South Africa Kgomotso Caroline Angel Pilane
Swaziland Phumzile Thwala[8] 23 Mbabane
United States Michelle Cooper 20 San Diego
Uganda Aiysha Nagudi[9] 26 Kampala
Vietnam Pearlynn Dang 18 California
Zambia Tina Shinga 22 Lusaka
Zimbabwe Tendai Rukwava 25 Harare

Crowned Queens at national pageants

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Miss Heritage Rwanda, Marlene Mutoniwase was crowned on 20 February at the Miss Rwanda Pageant .[7][10]

Miss Heritage Swaziland, Phumzile Thwala was crowned in September 2013.[11]

Miss Heritage Philippines, Odessa Mae Tadaya was crowned as the official delegate for Philippines for Miss Heritage 2014.

Miss Heritage India, Avneet Kaur Arora was crowned as the official delegate of India for Miss Heritage 2014.

Heritage Championship events

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Ludo-diversity Queen

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Ludo Diversity means diversity in games, of all sorts, physical and non physical. Contestants engage into traditional games, from different countries. Traditional games are part of intangible heritage and a symbol of the cultural diversity in the world. They are medium to project and show the great values of solidarity, diversity, inclusiveness and cultural awareness.

Game 1- Iintonga is a South African ancient Indigenous Game.

This game is an ancient game that has been practiced for many centuries in South Africa Two fighters go into a ring. Each contestant will be having two plastic form rubber sticks, the attack and the defense stick. The referee blows a whistle to start the game and the fighters try to hit their opponent with their stick, while defending themselves with the defense stick. Points are given due to number of blows that hit the fighter’s body. A referee controls the match and a timekeeper controls the rounds in each bout. A bout consists of three rounds of one minute each.[12]

Result Contestant
Winner
  • Rwanda – Marlene Mutoniwase
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  • India – Avneet Kaur Arora

Heritage Cuisine Queen

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This competition is a Gift performance show, ie Talent in layman’s terms. It is based on gifts/talents that are Traditional, Heritage themed depending per country. So each contestant shows off her country’s culture through the heritage performance. Contestants shall also be put into two groups’ whereby they are required to produce a 5 minute Drama /Play per group which Portrays World Heritage related Issues.

Winner

1st runner up

  • India  -Avneet Kaur Arora

2nd runner up

References

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  2. ^ "Shequera King in Johannesburg to pass on the Miss Heritage World crown". thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  3. ^ "Odessa Mae Tadaya Crowned Miss Heritage World... |". Felixmanuel.opmbworldwide.com. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ^ "Observer". Observer. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  5. ^ "Observer". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "مذيعة ملكة جمال عارضة أزياء ممثلة سلوى سبع صنايع والحظ مش ضايع | جريدة الأنباء الكويتية". Alanba.com.kw. 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  7. ^ a b "MISS Rwanda 2014 - Akiwacu Colombe niwe Nyampinga w'u Rwanda 2014". Missrwanda.rw. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  8. ^ "Times Of Swaziland". Times.co.sz. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  9. ^ "Miss Tourism Aims For Miss Heritage Crownbigeye.Ug". Bigeye.ug. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  10. ^ "Colombe Akiwacu is Miss Rwanda 2014 | The Rwanda Focus". Focus.rw. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  11. ^ "Times Of Swaziland". Times.co.sz. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  12. ^ "South Africa's ancient art of stick fighting | Public Radio International". Pri.org. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2015-02-27.