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Night club Miss Schools 2016 beauty pageant courts controversy
12 Apr 2016 at 10:15hrs | Views
Organisers of the Miss Schools 2016 beauty pageant have been rapped for taking the event to a Night Club at Long Cheng Plaza in Belvedere, Harare.
Roosevelt Girls High's interact club, in partnership with a Harare-based man identified only as Tanatswa, are alleged to have organised the pageant that has courted controversy, with the modelling fraternity calling for action to protect the image of the profession.
Modelling Industry Association Zimbabwe (Miaz) spokesperson, Wilbert Rukato said the Miss Schools 2016 beauty pageant taints the image of the profession.
"Teenagers should not organise beauty pageants themselves without the help of professional players in the sector and moreover night clubs are no under-18 places, so why take school children there?"he asked.
Mercy Mushaninga founder of Zim Gossip Modelling Agency, said there was need for discipline in the industry.
"The hosting of school pageants in a night club is uncalled-for. When I received the news on April 6, I tried to engage the school authorities to stop the pageant by sending them a message, but my efforts failed, as I did not get any response," she said.
"If pupils want to host pageants, they must do it at their school halls or look for proper venues like the Harare Gardens and 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale, not in night clubs."
Mushaninga said the public needed to understand what modelling is about before organising pageants without tarnishing the images of the aspiring models.
"Modelling is not what most people think it is, there are different groupings like fashion models, commercial models, who mainly do adverts, and promotional models, who can go to night clubs to promote their products like beer and cigarettes, which is different from showcasing one's beauty," she said.
The local modelling sector has of late received a lot of criticism by members of the public over some models' behaviour.
Roosevelt Girls High's interact club, in partnership with a Harare-based man identified only as Tanatswa, are alleged to have organised the pageant that has courted controversy, with the modelling fraternity calling for action to protect the image of the profession.
Modelling Industry Association Zimbabwe (Miaz) spokesperson, Wilbert Rukato said the Miss Schools 2016 beauty pageant taints the image of the profession.
"Teenagers should not organise beauty pageants themselves without the help of professional players in the sector and moreover night clubs are no under-18 places, so why take school children there?"he asked.
Mercy Mushaninga founder of Zim Gossip Modelling Agency, said there was need for discipline in the industry.
"The hosting of school pageants in a night club is uncalled-for. When I received the news on April 6, I tried to engage the school authorities to stop the pageant by sending them a message, but my efforts failed, as I did not get any response," she said.
"If pupils want to host pageants, they must do it at their school halls or look for proper venues like the Harare Gardens and 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale, not in night clubs."
Mushaninga said the public needed to understand what modelling is about before organising pageants without tarnishing the images of the aspiring models.
"Modelling is not what most people think it is, there are different groupings like fashion models, commercial models, who mainly do adverts, and promotional models, who can go to night clubs to promote their products like beer and cigarettes, which is different from showcasing one's beauty," she said.
The local modelling sector has of late received a lot of criticism by members of the public over some models' behaviour.
Source - Newsday