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MISS TEEN SD 2015/16 IN LIMBO

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MBABANE – Organisers of the Miss Teen Swaziland beauty pageant have refused to renew the licence to host the contest this year.


This, they allege, is because they did not benefit anything after hosting it last year, instead they were forced to fork out money from their own pockets to finance the projects of the outgoing queen 


Catherine Potgieter, a member of the organising team, revealed to this newspaper that they had already communicated to the Swaziland National Council of Arts and Culture and Swaziland Beauty Pageants Association, that they will not be hosting the pageant this year.

“In as much as we love improving the lives of the Swazi girls, we had a very difficult time last year as we had to source our own sponsorship. This meant using our own transport as we went door to door literally, just to make sure the prizes were worthy of a Miss Teen Swaziland title holder ,” said Potgieter .


She further revealed that the pageant left them as a committee broke and they were very disappointed that SNCAC and SBPA did not offer any support monetary wise. 


“For this pageant to be a success, I believe both the organisations should review the entire pageant system and have a budget to assist the directors,” added Potgeieter.


She also said that it was shocking that she only got to meet with the SNCAC last week, ever since the current queen won the crown.


Aware


SNCAC CEO Stanley Dlamini said they were aware as a council that the current directors Mellisa and Catherine would not host the pageant this year.

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