Times Of Swaziland: MISS MBOMBELA TO JUDGE AT MISS SWAZILAND FINALS MISS MBOMBELA TO JUDGE AT MISS SWAZILAND FINALS ================================================================================ BY NOMBULELO MATSEBULA on 22/10/2013 01:35:00 MBABANE – Miss Mbombela 2013/14 Ziningi Maphalala will be one of the judges for the Miss Swaziland 2013/14 beauty pageant. Director of the pageant Thandeka Matse said the South African beauty queen had confirmed her participation in the event as one of the judges. “Miss Mbombela 2013/14 has promised to be one of our judges for the Miss Swaziland 2013/14 pageant. She is the only judge so far who has confirmed. We are happy that the beauty queen will be part of our event,” Matse said. She noted that Maphalala would be coming into the country before the main event to motivate the finalists. “We have invited her to motivate our contestants as well so she will be coming in earlier for that. As a beauty pageant title holder, we believe the finalists can learn something from her,” she said. The director said as part of the programme for the Miss Swaziland 2013/14 beauty pageant, the finalists had a counselling session conducted by a professional. “We had motivational speakers and counselling sessions for the girls as part of the programme. The contestants had a psycho evaluation session where they were asked to list their strengths and weaknesses, fears, dreams and values. They were evaluated based on that,” she said. Meanwhile, the contestants vying for the crown include; Samkelisiwe Magagula, Nothando Simelane, Nadia Nascimento, Niza Siwale, Andile Slenge, Melissa Marvis, Terry Mdletshe. Others are; Wabandiswa Gumedze, Nkos’sebenzile Tsabedze, Temndeni Zwane Zitsile Maziya and Nkosingiphile Shongwe. The event is scheduled for the Royal Swazi Spa Convention Center on November 9.