Mzansi’s Gizzelle Uys wins 2021 Miss Eco International Pageant Updated
El Broide
Gizzelle becomes
the first woman from the African continent to take the crown.
South Africans continue
doing incredible things around the world, and this week, our very own Gizzelle
Uys made history by becoming the first woman from Africa to nab the Miss Eco
International title.
The pageant took place in Egypt earlier this month and is
extensive in its process as the women competing are expected to spend 17 days
participating in various cultural activities while preparing for the pageant’s
luxury main event.
The organisation explains that Miss Eco International is
Published March 14, 2021, 7:42 AM
Kelley Day
The country’s representative to the Miss Eco International Pageant, Kelley Day, will be leaving the country for Egypt this coming Wednesday to try and capture the Philippines’ second eco crown. Even before she had her sendoff last Thursday, I was fortunate enough to have cornered the queen (thanks to my friend Gerry Diaz) for a one-on-one conversation in a mall in BGC recently. The country’s 24-year old, half-British, half-Filipina delegate gamely answered the seven questions that I asked her, each is supposed to represent a day of the week. Based on the answers she gave, I’d say local pageant fans may have something to really be happy about sometime in the first week of April, the international pageant’s coronation day.