Meet your finalists

Every year, the Miss Namibia pageant celebrates beauty with a charitable cause, by crowning one deserving young woman to carry the title of Miss Namibia. This honour initiates her to serve as an example of purposeful living by the young and to bring honour and pride to our nation as a preventative of goodwill and an ambassador of Namibia. Here are the 12 finalists in no particular order. The annual crowning extravaganza of Miss Namibia 2017 will take place on 1 July at the home of Miss Namibia pageant, the Windhoek Country Club Resort and Casino. Tickets to the crowning event are at Lana Dry Cleaners in Wernhil Park and Maerua Mall and at Biosculpture Namibia costing N$ 400 per person.Karen BeukesI am 23 years old. Born and raised in Windhoek, Namibia. I work as an admin manager at Auto Care Centre. What makes Windhoek special is that we have the best biltong. Firstly to work with children, especially with orphanages and secondly to gain more self confidence and self esteem.Liandre ClaasenI am 23 years old, currently working as a receptionist at KMS BoikineticsKhomas Medical Centre. I entered Miss Namibia is because I would like to share my history of where I from, where we have very little privileges of making something of our lives. Elizabeth IpingeI am 24 and from Windhoek I have an honours degree in Fashion Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies. I entered Miss Namibia because I believe to invest in the mind of a child is to invest in the future. Suné JanuaryI am 23 years old and a Bachelors of Computer Applications graduate from Rehoboth. Rehoboth is known to have beautiful girls! We are also famous for our beautiful Oanob dam. I look up to all Miss Namibia's and am of the opinion that it is a wonderful platform to bring about change in our country!Martha KamatiI am 23 years old and currently a student doing my honours degree in Information Technology at the IUM. I took part in Miss Namibia to show Namibia and the world that pageants are not only about show casing the outer beauty of a woman but being the voice of the voiceless through pageantry.Romilly MoutonI am 23years old studying financial mathematics at the University of Namibia. I am from Swakopmund. My home town is so unique because of the amazing beach. In my journey to becoming Miss Namibia, I know what it's like to hate your body. I want to be a Miss Namibia that portrays joy, love and authenticity.Tessia MutwameziI am 23 and currently studying Marketing at the Nust. The reason I joined Miss Namibia is because as the reigning Miss Heritage Namibia I started a project called Save a Girl Child, as I strongly believe that it's better educating and empowering a young child from an early age.Sabina SamuelI am 23 years old and from the Omusati region. I am a recent graduate in marketing, from Namibia University of Science and Technology. I entered Miss Namibia to have a sense of achievement and fulfillment, to develop and boost my self-esteem. Delsie SomaësI am 22 years old from a coastal town of Walvis Bay. I am currently pursuing my honours degree in Accounting at the University of Namibia. I entered the pageant because I simply want to give back to the community and that alone will give me a sense of fulfillment. Zandria SwartI am a bare-foot-Kalahari child, 22 years old. I studied BCom law at the University of Potchefstroom. I entered Miss Namibia to be part of this awesome process, photo-shoots, dressing up and most importantly to launch a project called Beauty Box, where I wish to gather boxes which have necessary things in it for girls, for them to feel beautiful and just be a girl.Leone Van JaarsveldI am 21 years old and I a Human Resources Manager at Q Crete Ready Mix CC as well as QE Construction CC, I am from the awesome Swakopmund in Namibia. I entered Miss Namibia 2017 is to firstly grow as a young lady and to make a difference in my country, starting with the future which is our children. Sunet Van SchalkwykI am 24 years old and a true country girl. I am from a small town called Leonardville and the reason why it's so unique is because it's a very small and is a close community and the whole town started with church that was build. I entered Miss Namibia to inspire young woman to always believe in themselves and to never give up on achieving their dreams. JUNE SHIMUOSHILI PHOTOS: Contributed

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