It’s battle for curvaceousness

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Whoever said modelling was for slim tall girls could have been wrong as now medium-sized women are proving that modelling is for all body types.

By Sukuoluhle Ndlovu in Masvingo

Whoever said modelling was for slim tall girls could have been wrong as now medium-sized women are proving that modelling is for all body types.

To fulfil one’s dream, nothing should pull them down or stop them as the sky is the limit.

Auditions for the Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe pageant have been taking place in various provinces for the past three weeks as the showcase spreads its wings across the country. The past two editions of the pageant were confined to Midlands province.

Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe was introduced three years ago to celebrate the well-endowed woman.

Harare had the largest turnout for the auditions, which target mainly contestants from tertiary institutions across the country. This year’s edition is slated for September 7 at King Solomon’s Hotel in Kwekwe.

According to Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe pageant national director and spokesperson, Alexio “Goodchild” Gwenzi, the pageant is for appreciation of middleweight women.

“Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe is a pageant that was created to celebrity the middle weight woman who is normally shunned by other pageants,” Gwenzi said.

“So, we do not discriminate middleweight women, but we give them an opportunity as they do not fit in the other pageants.”

Gwenzi said as Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe organisers, they glorify the beauty of the African women.

“The standard requirement for models is usually ‘tall and slim’, but that is a European concept. However, most of our African women are fuller and we ought to celebrate the ‘true African beauty’ in a unique way,” he said.

“There is need to celebrate the real African women as we will be also proclaiming African beauty as it is, hence the concept of Miss Bodylicious. It is in its third year running and in 2019, we have rebranded to Miss Bodylicious Zimbabwe.”

Gwenzi said tertiary education was a must for the contestants.

“The main reason behind this is that we want to build women leaders of tomorrow through highlighting their skills in public speaking and charity work,” he said.

“The mantra is beauty with brains, so that is the reason why tertiary education is a must for all the contestants we are going to have.”

Miss Bodylicious is the brainchild of businessman Solomon Matsa, who runs King Solomon’s Hotel in Kwekwe, Solomon’s Lifestyle Cafė in Harare and Matsa Energy, among other business ventures.

The pageant is in partnership with King Solomon’s Hotel.