Recently crowned Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Ashley Morgen this week left the country for the Miss Tourism World to be held at the Swiss Garden Hotel in Melaka, Malaysia.
Picture- Tony Manyangadze
At a farewell press conference held at the Ministry of Tourism offices in Harare, Ashley says she was ready to represent the country and all its cultures.
“I am proud to represent the Zimbabwe Tourism brand and promise to make the country proud at the world finals,” she said.
The well spoken Queen said she was a rare gem and that stood as one her outstanding features.
“I’m a Black Diamond,” she said enthusiastically. “I was born ready, I have been modelling for a long time and have been working toward this dream for years.”
This came after questions were posed as to the state of her preparedness since she was just crowned three weeks before leaving for the grand finale.
Speaking at the same ceremony Miss Tourism Zimbabwe patron Mrs Barbara Mzembi says she was confident Ashley would do well even though she had little time to prepare.
“I have been housing Ashley at my house to really prepare her for the Malaysia finals, and I’m impressed at how bright she is and she learns new things very quickly without any difficulty,” said Mrs Mzembi.
She also said that it was important for the country to have a representative at the Global stage.
It was also revealed that next year’s finals for the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe will be held earlier in the year so as to give the queen time to prepare during her reign.
The official handover of prizes for the 15 models who contested will be done on the 6th of January 2017.
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