Leah Kalanguka (born 1991) is a

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n actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Uganda 2014 and represented her country at the

Miss World 2014 Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. 121 contestants competed for the crown. Megan Young of the Philippines crowned her successor Rolene Strau ...

pageant.

Background and education

Leah was born in

Busembatya Busembatya, sometimes spelled Busembatia, is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Busembatya is located on the northern edge of Iganga District. The town is located on the main Iganga–Tirinyi–Kamonkoli–Mbale Road. Its closest ...

, in

Iganga District Iganga District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Iganga is the site of the district headquarters. Location Iganga District is bordered by Kaliro District to the north, Namutumba District to the northeast, Bugweri Distri ...

, circa 1991, into a family of six siblings; all female. He father, Kayondo Kalanguka is employed at the

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. Its mandate is to formulate sound economic and fiscal policies, mobilize resources for the implementation of government programme ...

, and her mother Jane Bagaya Kalanguka, teaches agriculture at

Makerere College School Makerere College School is a co-educational government aided O and A Level school founded in 1945 by Makerere University. In 1945 Makerere University was still a constituent college of the University of London. The school is located on the main c ...

. She attended Nakasero Primary School before joining

Trinity College Nabbingo Trinity College Nabbingo (TRICONA), is an all-girls boarding school covering grades 8–13 in Central Uganda. Location The school is located on a hill in the village of Nabbingo, in Wakiso District, approximately , by road, south-west of Kampal ...

for her primary and secondary education, respectively. In 2012, she entered

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

to study

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, graduating in 2015.

Pageantry

Miss Uganda 2014

On Sunday 26 October 2014, Leah Kalanguka, representing Iganga District, was crowned as Miss Uganda 2014, at a ceremony held at Speke Resort, in

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, beating off 19 other contestants. Although she represented a

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from

Eastern Uganda The Eastern region is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was . Districts , the Eastern Region contained 32 districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in s ...

, she missed the eastern regional search. She was away in Tooro, helping to teach youths how to grow cabbages, something her mother, who also hails from the

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, had taught her. She was able to enter the contest through the open selection held in

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, which was open to all single girls who had never given birth and who were between the ages of 18 and 24.

Miss World 2014

Leah represented

pageant held in

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, in December 2014.

Other roles

In 2015 Leah made a guest appearance in '' Sipi the Movie'', directed by

Jayant Maru Jayant Maru is a Kenyan filmmaker based in Uganda. He has directed films like, ''The Route'', ''K3NT & KAT3'', and '' Sipi''. He has worked with Olympian Stephen Kiprotich Stephen Kiprotich ("KIP-roh-tich", born 27 February 1989) is a Uganda ...

, and featuring

Stephen Kiprotich Stephen Kiprotich ("KIP-roh-tich", born 27 February 1989) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is an Olympic marathon champion, having won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Kiprotich also won a gold at the 2013 World Championships in ...

and Ugandan actor Patriq Nkakalukanyi. In 2016, she participated as a contestant in the World Next Top Model 2016. At that contest, she was voted ''Miss People's Choice'' out of a total of forty four contestants. She had the highest number of votes on the contest's online voting platform.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalanguka, Leah 1991 births Living people People from Iganga District Ugandan beauty pageant winners Miss World 2014 delegates Ugandan female models Makerere University alumni People educated at Trinity College Nabbingo Miss Uganda contestants