Miss Africa Crown International 2012 Application Deadline: 1st July

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   Jazmine from Zambia is in the big race
   
   This is to notify the general public that application for the 3rd Miss Africa Crown Scandinavia will close down on Sunday, July 1st 2012. According to Duke Philip Gomez, a top official of the Ritz Society which organizes the Miss Africa Crown International, interested applicants who shall not have submitted their applications by July 1st will count themselves out of the competition.
   
   So far, a record 32 applicants have submitted their applications which are currently being processed. An elegant presentation of the contestants will be held on Saturday, 7th September 2012 at Alvik Medborgahuset from 21.00-04.00 hrs followed by a huge boogie that will feature top Africa-Stockholm artists who have consistently been rocking the Africa-Stockholm Entertainment scene without a stop.
   
   Contestants who wish to apply for the 2012 Miss Africa Crown are kindly requested to hurry up and beat the deadline because as opposed to the situation last year, there will be no extension for applications and late applicants will be rejected. Application can be done directly through the Miss Africa Crown website.
   
   Once the application is closed, the next stage will be to begin the process of orientating the contestants on basic routines and regulations of the contest. This includes meeting the Miss Africa Crown International Management Team, a briefing of the event’s structure, signing of contracts, photo-shoots, casting of promotional video clips and meeting the Judges before an intensive training by beauty pageant experts begins in earnest.
   
   During the last two contests, the Management of Miss Africa Crown has learnt a lot of lessons. The experience gained out of past events will help improve this year’s contest whose final will be held aboard Siljaline during a 48hr cruise across the Baltic sea. It is the first time that the event will be held over a 48 hr period across the Baltic.
   
   Experience has shown that the traditional 24 hour Cruise is not enough and, in increasing the amount of hours for the event, the view of Miss Africa Crown’s management team is that there will be more time to mix relaxation and competition during the cruise. Last year, the Judges had very little time to decide on the winner due to shortage of time. This time, the Judges will have no excuse because there will be plenty of time for them to take breaks, drink coffee and consult adequately before a winner can be pronounced.
   
   Sound of Blackness to rock the crowd
   An interesting angle is that this time around, a group of contestants will come from London where a Pre-selection of top beauties in the city of London is scheduled this summer. Qualifiers from britain will then clash with their Scandinavian counterparts during the finals at the prestigious Siljaline. With enthusiastic fans coming all the way from London to sample the Stockholm beauties, the event is expected to be the biggest ever. Arrangements are being made to ensure that the whole boat, which has a capacity of 2500 revellers, is fully booked for the event.
   
   Among the top Judges are Ms Mbova N. Lillian, an accomplished Kenyan diplomat, Justina Mutale, founder & CEO of Perryfield Promotions, Shaul Moalem, Make-Up Artist Director of the, Make Up Institute in Stockholm and Mrs. Brawer Madina, an English Teacher in Stockholm. Discussions are underway with the top-most Kenyan artist in Europe, St James, to play a role during the event. For further information about the Judges, vist the Miss Africa Crown website.
   
   On the Entertainment front, Sound of Blackness will be blasting the music until the loud speakers blow up into small pieces while the official MC will be none other than the electrifying Joseph Mbaazira of the re-known online based Ugamuzik Radio fame currently running into its third anniversary. We wish him good luck!
   
   In 2010, the big prize of Miss Africa Crown was scooped by Ms. Michelle Jeng from Tanzania while last year, Jessle from Ugandan beat all contestants to emerge the winner. The winning prize included: a ticket to Africa (any country of choice) which was sponsored by the Ethiopian Airlines; a 500 Euro cash prize, a Louis Vuitton bag (worth SEK 5.000), a photo-shoot by the Make-Up Institute, a make-up kit and a Champaign to boot!
   
   The prizes, which included other prizes like Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegant, Miss Personality just to mention but a few, were all delivered to the winners during a colourful ceremony which was held in Stockholm and which was attended by tens of Miss Africa Crown fans. The same prizes for the winners apply this year.
   
   The Management of Miss Africa Crown International appeals to all fun-lovers to support the event so that it can continue to succeed as the struggle to show-case African beauty globally also continues. It will be a perfect opportunity to combine entertainment, leisure and loads of fun, all in the boat across the Baltic before the Miss Africa Crown International beauty queen for 2012 is finally announced. Further details of the event can be accessed at the Miss Africa Crown website. The Ritz Society