Aurore Mutesi Kayibanda (born 1993 in

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) is a

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n model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss Rwanda 2012 Miss Rwanda 2012, the third edition of the Miss Rwanda pageant, was held on September 1, 2012 at Gikondo Expo Grounds in Kigali. The winner, Aurore Mutesi Kayiranga succeeded Grace Bahati, Miss Rwanda 2009. Grace Bahati was not invited to off ...

Early life

Mutesi Kayibanda Aurore, daughter of Ladislas Kayibanda and Olive Mukazera, now living in

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, was born in

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(

) in 1992, the youngest of four (4) children. Miss Mutesi Kayibanda Aurore attended nursery school at Petit Prince (in

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) where she continued her primary education and later continued her education at Kimisange Primary School, where she graduated from primary school. In secondary school, studied at St Joseph's in

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and continued at ETO Muhima, where she graduated from Construction with a Bachelor's degree in Construction. Aurore graduated from Kigali Institute Science and Technology a campus of

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; rw, Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, french: Université nationale du Rwanda, UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government ...

. Mutesi Aurore was crowned Miss Rwanda in 2012 and was crowned Miss FESPAM in the City of Brazzaville at the 2013 Panafrican de la Musique African Music Festival. Miss Mutesi Kayibanda Aurore was 20 years old and was elected on September 1, 2012, among 14 girls from all over

. She was representing the Southern Province in the pageant. She was crowned by former

Minister of Culture, Mitali Protais. Mutesi Kayibanda Aurore was crowned with Natacha Uwamahoro and Ariane Murerwa as the first and second runners-up respectively.

Pageantry

Miss Rwanda 2012

Aurore was crowned as

on September 2, 2012. Meanwhile, the runners-up were Natasha Uwamahoro and Ariane Murerwa.

Miss FESPAM 2013

Aurore was crowned Miss Fespam Panafrica 2013 in

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Miss Supranational 2013

Aurore represented

Miss Supranational 2013 Miss Supranational 2013 was the fifth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on September 6, 2013 at the Minsk Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus. Ekaterina Buraya of Belarus crowned Mutya Johanna Datul of the Philippines at the end of the event. ...

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Miss World 2014

Aurore was the first representative of

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

References

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* Living people 1993 births Miss Rwanda {{Rwanda-bio-stub