Miss Botswana

Beauty pageant

Not to be confused with Miss Universe Botswana.

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Miss Botswana OrganizationFormation| 1964

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Type| Beauty pageant
Headquarters| Gaborone
Location|

* Botswana

Membership

| Miss World
Miss Supranational

Official language

| English

Organization

| Botswana Council of Women

Miss Botswana is a national Beauty pageant in Botswana.

## History

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Botswana pageantry runs parallel with the history of the country. Even though there had been beauty contests conducted in various villages around the country in the early 1960s, the first Miss Botswana beauty contest was in 1967, conducted as part of Botswana independence celebrations.[1]

At the time, it was determined that the colourful first beauty event was going to 'pick a perfect representative of the nation's modern womanhood. Theresa Rantao satisfactorily met those requirements. She became the winner of the Miss Botswana 1967. Earlier in 1964, Veronica Magosi of Lobatse won the Miss Bechuanaland crown. In 1965 the crown was won by Lydia Tiyo.[2]

Botswana made its debut at Miss World in 1972. Traditionally, the winner of Miss Botswana represents the country at Miss World. Botswana Council of Women is currently in charge for the organization of the contest.

## Titleholders

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Itseng Kgomotso, Miss Botswana 2007. Malebogo Marumogae, Miss Botswana 2006. Year | Miss Botswana

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1962  | Serwalo Gaseitsewe
1964  | Veronica Magosi
1965  | Lydia Tiyo
1967  | Theresa Rantao
1968  | Veronica Gaosi
1969  | Seanokeng Moranyane
1970  | Lilian Taunyane
1971  | Beauty Seloiso
1972  | Agnes Letshebe
1973  | Priscilla Molefè
1974  | Rosemary Molefi
1975  | Lucy Mosinyi
1976  | Ida Mpatane
1978  | Tshepho Chape
1979  | Doris Magula
1980  | Kefilwe Maribe
1981  | Shalike Kgalaeng
1982  | Peggy Lebum
1983  | Dineo Ratsatsi
1984  | Stella Podile
1985  | Keanole Radimo
1986  | Boitumelo Matlapeng
1987  | Tuduetso Tselayakgosi
1988  | Grace Mafoko
1989  | Natasha April
1990  | Malebogo Kgotso
1991  | Shale Ntsima
1992  | Boitumelo Ramponye
1993  | Mpho Lekoko
1994  | Hazel Kutlo Mmopi
1995  | Joyce Manase
1996  | Monica Semolekae
1997  | Mpule Kwelagobe
1998  | Earthen Mbulawa
1999  | Alimah Isaacs
2000  | Punah Serati
2001  | Masego Sebedi
2002  | Lomaswati Dlamini
2003  | Boingotlo Motlalakgosi
2004  | Judy Peacock
2005  | Lorato Tebogo
2006  | Malebogo Marumoagae
2007  | Itseng Kgomotso
2009  | Sumaiyah Marope
2010  | Emma Wareus[3]
2011  | Karabo Sampson
2012  | Tapiwa Anna-Marie Preston
2013  | Rosemary Keofitlhetse
2015  | Seneo Mabengano
2016  | Thata Kenosi
2017  | Nicole Gaelebale
2018  | Moitshepi Elias
2019  | Oweditse Gofaone Phirinyane
2021  | Palesa Molefe
2022  | Lesego Chombo

## Botswana at International pageants

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### Miss World Botswana

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* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner

Miss Botswana has started to send a Winner to Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
Year  | Miss World Botswana  | Placement at Miss World  | Special Awards

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2025  | Anicia Gaothusi  | TBA  |
2023  | Lesego Chombo[4] | Top 4 |

* Miss World Africa
* Top 25 at Head-to-Head Challenge

2022  | Palesa Molefe  | Top 40 |

* Head-to-Head Challenge
* Top 27 at Miss World Talent
* Top 32 at Miss World Sport

Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant between 2020 and 2021
2019  | Oweditse Gofaone Phirinyane  | Unplaced  |
2018  | Moitshepi Elias  | Unplaced  |
2017  | Nicole Lisa Gaelebale  | Top 40 |
2016  | Thata Kenosi  | Unplaced  |
2015  | Seneo Paige Bambino Mabengano  | Unplaced  |
2014  | Did not compete
2013  | Rosemary Keofitlhetse  | Unplaced  |
2012  | Tapiwa Anna-Marie Preston  | Unplaced  |
2011  | Karabo Sampson  | Top 20 |
2010  | Emma Wareus  | 1st Runner-up |

* Miss World Africa

2009  | Sumaiyah Pandor Marope  | Unplaced  |
2008  | Itseng Kgomotso  | Unplaced  |
2007  | Malebogo Marumoagae  | Unplaced  |
2006  | Lorato Pearl Tebogo  | Unplaced  |
2005  | Tshegofatso Abigail Tumisang Robi  | Unplaced  |
2004  | Juby Peacock  | Unplaced  |
2003  | Boingotlo Motlalekgosi  | Unplaced  |
2002  | Lomaswati Dlamini  | Unplaced  |
2001  | Masego Sebedi  | Unplaced  |
2000  | Puna Keleabetswe Serati  | Unplaced  |
1999  | Alimah Isaacs  | Unplaced  |
1998  | Earthern Pinkinyana Mbulawa  | Unplaced  |
1997  | Mpule Kwelagobe | Unplaced  |
1996  | Joyce Manase  | Unplaced  |
1995  | Monica Somolekae  | Unplaced  |
1994  | Hazel Kutlo Mmopi  | Unplaced  |
Did not compete between 1975—1993
1974  | Rosemary Moleti  | Unplaced  |
1973  | Priscilla Molefe  | Unplaced  |
1972  | Agnes Motswere Letsebe  | Unplaced  |

### Miss Supranational Botswana

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* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner

Year  | Miss Supranational Botswana  | Placement at Miss Supranational  | Special Awards

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2024 | Leah Barobetse  | TBA  |
2023 | Dabilo Moses[5] | Top 24  | Top 29 at Miss Talent

## See also

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* Miss Universe Botswana
* Miss Earth Botswana

## References

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1. ^ "'Miss Botswana queens lack premium beauty appealing to Miss World judges'". Weekend Post. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
2. ^ "Botswana Pageantry". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
3. ^ "Miss World 2010". Miss World 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
4. ^ "Lesego Chombo wins Miss Botswana 2022 - Gambakwe Media". gambakwe.com. 2022-10-22.
5. ^ "Dabilo Moses is your Miss Supranational Botswana 2023".

## External links

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Media related to Miss Botswana at Wikimedia Commons

* Official facebook
* Official facebook for Miss World

* v
* t
* e

Miss World participant countries and territories

Active
(1951–present)

| Africa|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Americas|

* Argentina
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guadeloupe
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* Cambodia
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Japan
* Korea
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Inactive since 2023 (first edition after the COVID-19 pandemic)

| Africa|

* Algeria (2002)
* Cape Verde (2017)
* Chad (2014)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016)
* Egypt (2018)
* Equatorial Guinea (2021)
* Eswatini (2009)
* Gabon (2015)
* Gambia (1986)
* Malawi (2012)
* Rwanda (2021)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2014)
* Seychelles (2017)

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Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda (2019)
* Aruba (2019)
* Bahamas (2021)
* Barbados (2019)
* Bermuda (2015)
* Bonaire (2012)
* British Virgin Islands (2019)
* Cuba (1975)
* Dominica (2013)
* Grenada (2007)
* Montserrat (1964)
* Saint Barthelemy (2011)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015)
* Saint Lucia (2021)
* Sint Maarten (2021)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994)
* Suriname (2012)
* Turks and Caicos (2004)
* US Virgin Islands (2019)

Asia|

* Chinese Taipei (2013)
* Hong Kong China (2019)
* Israel (2017)
* Jordan (1981)
* Kyrgyzstan (2019)
* Syria (1966)
* Uzbekistan (2013)

Europe|

* Andorra (2003)
* Armenia (2021)
* Austria (2018)
* Belarus (2019)
* Cyprus (2018)
* Georgia (2019)
* Greenland (1992)
* Iceland (2021)
* Kosovo (2014)
* Lithuania (2014)
* Luxembourg (2021)
* Monaco (1955)
* North Macedonia (2015)
* Russia (2019)
* Switzerland (2014)

Oceania|

* Cook Islands (2019)
* Fiji (2017)
* French Polynesia (2010)
* Guam (2018)
* Northern Marianas (2003)
* Papua New Guinea (1990)
* Samoa (2015)
* Tonga (1986)

Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others

* Africa South (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976)
* Czechoslovakia (1992)
* Hawaii (2001)
* Guernsey (1975)
* Isle of Man (1988)
* Jersey (1981)
* Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2005)
* Tanganyika (1960)
* United Kingdom (1999) (competed as England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
* USSR (1990)
* Yugoslavia (2002)

* v
* t
* e

Miss Supranational participant countries and territories

List of Miss Supranational countries (Active since 2009–present)

| Africa|

* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ghana
* Kenya
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Togo
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Americas|

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* US Virgin Islands
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* Cambodia
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* South Korea
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* France
* Finland
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Inactive since 2023

| Africa|

* Angola (2017)
* Cape Verde (2017)
* Egypt (2016)
* Ethiopia (2019)
* Gambia (2010)
* Guinea (2010)
* Gabon (2015)
* Lesotho (2022)
* Mali (2010)
* Morocco (2015)
* Réunion (2013)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2017)

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Americas|

* Belize (2012)
* Bonaire (2011)
* Barbados (2019)
* Guadeloupe (2018)
* Martinique (2013)
* Suriname (2021)

Asia|

* China (2022)
* Chinese Taipei (2015)
* Iraq (2013)
* Israel (2015)
* Kyrgyzstan (2022)
* Lebanon (2018)
* Macau (2019)
* Mongolia (2016)
* Singapore (2022)
* Sri Lanka (2019)

Europe|

* Armenia (2010)
* Azerbaijan (2013)
* Belarus (2019)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012)
* Bulgaria (2011)
* England (2022)
* Estonia (2015)
* Georgia (2015)
* Ireland (2022)
* Kazakhstan (2022)
* Kosovo (2018)
* Latvia (2015)
* Lithuania (2019)
* Luxembourg (2015)
* Macedonia (2012)
* Montenegro (2018)
* Moldova (2018)
* Northern Ireland (2019)
* Russia (2021)
* Scotland (2019)
* Serbia (2013)
* Slovenia (2018)
* Switzerland (2018)
* Wales (2019)

Oceania|

* Polynesia (2011)

* List of Miss Supranational countries

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