- Winfred Omwakwe
Pageant titleholder bio
birth = birth date and age|1981|01|01
location=Nairobi, Kenya
height=height|ft=5|in=09
eyes=brown
hair=black
nationalcompetition=Miss Earth 2002
Miss Tourism Kenya 2002
birthname= Winfred Adah Omwakwe
alias=WinnieWinfred Adah Omwakwe became the first woman from
Kenya to hold a major internationalbeauty pageant title when she formally succeededDžejla Glavović ofBosnia & Herzegovina asMiss Earth onAugust 7 ,2003 (for the2002 edition). Glavović was dethroned onMay 28 ,2003 for "being unable to fulfill her duties and responsibilities." [http://www.manilastandardonline.com:8080/mnlastd/iserver?page=goodLife01_aug14_2003 ] [ [http://www.missosology.org/ Missosology] ]As the first runner-up of
Miss Earth 2002 , Omwakwe previously held the title Miss Earth-Air."Winnie", as she is more popularly called, graduated from the Institute of Health Care Management in Kenya, where she received a
physiotherapy certificate. She comes fromNairobi and stands 5'9" (175 cm). [ [http://www.missearth.tv/ Miss Earth Official Website] ] [ [http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/earth.htm Pageantopolis] ]"Winnie" was also a finalist of Miss Universe Kenya 2001 but was unable to capture the title. She later won Miss Tourism Kenya and flew to Manilla to represent her country at the 2nd Edition of Miss Earth. [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/parade/ Pageant Almanac- Parade of Nations] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/semi-finalists.php Pageant Almanac- Semifinalists] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/award-winners.php Pageant Almanac- Award Winners] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/locations.php Pageant Almanac- Locations & Dates] ]
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The following are some interesting facts about Omwakwe [ [http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/sb/sb002935.htm Ruffa, Yilmaz To Istanbul With Daughter Lorin ] ] :
*Omwakwe belongs to the
Luhya tribe which is one of the biggest among Kenya’s 42 tribes.*Her reaction to being the new Miss Earth: "I was stunned and couldn’t believe it. But then I saw the congratulatory messages in my e-mail and I received calls from all over. That’s when I was convinced it wasn’t a hoax."
*After the Miss Earth pageant last year, Omwakwe went to Canada to take a vacation and to look for a school where she can take up a nursing course. In Kenya, she studied
Physiotherapy .*She’s an orphan. Her father died when she was 10, followed by her mother two years later. It was her older brother and older sister who have been acting as her surrogate parents.
*Omwakwe, 21, qualified as her country’s representative to the Miss Earth contest after she finished as one of the winners in the 2002 Miss Tourism World Kenya pageant. It was the first beauty contest she ever joined.
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Year=2002
Miss Earth=Winfred Omwakme
Miss Philippines-Earth=April Ross PerezBig Four Pageants titleholders
Year=2002
Miss Universe=Justine Pasek
Miss World=Azra Akin
Miss Earth=Winfred Omwakwe
Miss International=Christina Sawaya References
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