Fortunate Muhindo was crowned Miss Tourism Rwenzori over the weekend when the regional pageant went to Rwenzori region. The competitions took place at Uhuru Gardens Hotel in Kasese District and Muhindo from Kasese emerged winner after beating 5 other girls.
The first runner up was Shivon Muganda aged 21 from Bundibugyo and also from Bundibugyo district, Beatrice Masika Byakutaga was the second runner up and at the same time voted Miss Popularity. The winners will all represent Rwenzori in the overall Miss Tourism Competitions which will be the grand finale held on September 14th at the Kampala Serena Hotel’s Victoria Hall.
At the competition, girls from regions like Tooro, North, Central, Ankole, Eastern and WestNile among others will vie for the top prizes and the judges will choose who will be the next Miss Tourism Uganda after Ruokaya Nabukonde who is the reigning queen.
The winner will also be Uganda’s Tourism ambassador both internationally and domestically and when it comes to promoting Uganda on international level, she will travel to different countries and one of the confirmed ones is Miss Tourism International in Malaysia.
