Miss Namibia

Miss Namibia is an annual, national beauty pageant held in Namibia. Winner represents Namibia in Miss World and Miss Universe.

The current Miss Namibia is Odile Gertze.^[1] She was crowned on 31 July 2010.

History

The very first Miss Namibia was held in 1980 by Nic Kruger, the founder of the pageant. After that there are three national director: Nic Kruger (1980-1996), Danie Botes (1997-1998) and Conny Maritz (1999-today).

Titleholders

Year	Name	Remark
1980	Bernice Tembo
1981	Antoinette Knoetze
1982	Desere Kotze
1983	Astrid Klotzch
1984	Peta Harley-Peters
1985	Alice Pfeiffer
1986	Jo-Rina Meyer
1987	Bianca Pragt
1988	Caroline du Preez
1989	Emsie Esterhuizen
1990	Ronel Liebenberg
1991	Michelle McLean	Miss Universe 1992, Top 5 - Miss World 1991
1992	Anja Schroeder
1993	Barbara Kahatjipara	Miss Congeniality - Miss Universe 1994
1994	No pageant
1995	Patricia Burt
1996	Faghma Absalom
1997	Sheya Shipanga
1998	Retha Reinders
1999	Vaanda Katjuongua
2000	Mia de Klerk
2001	Michelle Heita
2002	Ndapewa Alfons	Top 10 - Miss Universe 2003
2003	Petrina Thomas
2004	Adele Basson
2005	Leefa Shiikwa*
2006	Anna Svetlana Nashandi	Top 17 - Miss World 2006
2007	Marichen Luiperth
2008	Marelize Robberts
2009	Happie Ntelamo
2010	Odile Gertze[2]	Top 25 - Miss World 2010
2011	Luzaan van Wyk

* Miss Namibia 2005, Leefa Shiikwa was stripped of her title after it was disclosed that she was married to an Angolan man.^[3]

References

1. ^ Happie Ntelamo: New Miss Namibia 2009
2. ^ "Odile crowned as Miss Namibia". The Namibian. August 2, 2010. http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=70871&no_cache=1. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
3. ^ "Hubby leads to Miss Namibia losing her crown". Independent Online. April 18, 2006. http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/hubby-leads-to-miss-namibia-losing-her-crown-1.275738. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 

External links

• Miss Namibia official site