The Miss Earth Zimbabwe is a

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promoting

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and selects a national delegate for the international

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pageant,(13 April 2014)
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History

The Miss Earth Zimbabwe pageant was established to empower young Zimbabwean women in promoting

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, wildlife conservation, natural resource management, and to promote various

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s in Zimbabwe. The winners and candidates of Miss Earth Zimbabwe participate in

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program and education including visiting schools to encourage proper food management and educate children in finding solutions to food wastage. The Miss Earth Zimbabwe pageant was first represented in the international

pageant in 2007 by Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2007, Myome Omar. In 2011, Thandi Muringa, Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2011 became the first representative from Zimbabwe to enter in the Top 8 finalists in the international

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competition, held at the

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on December 4, 2011. Muringa became the national director of Miss Earth Zimbabwe's pageant in 2012. She is also the chairperson of the Miss Earth Zimbabwe Foundation- the environmental-arm of the pageant that promotes the green schools project which benefited and served thousands of children from various schools in partnership with the Zimbabwe Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate's Environmental Management Agency (EMA), Tetrad Tree Foundation among others. In 2013, Miss Earth Zimbabwe, Samantha Dika won the national Women’s Philanthropic Award for her outstanding achievements in Green Awareness activities awarded by the Zimbabwe Philanthropy Institution.

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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

Beauty pageants in Zimbabwe Recurring events established in 2011 Zimbabwean awards