Nelly Ahmadi Kamwelu (born 1993) is a Tanzanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Universe Tanzania and Miss Southern Africa International titles in 2011.She represented her country in

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, Brazil, Miss International 2011 in China,

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, and Miss Tourism Queen International in China. She is her country's only beauty queen who has competed in four Grand Slam Pageants (

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and Miss Tourism Queen International) in one single year.

Biography

Kamwelu was born to a

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Father and a Russian Mother. She started participating in regional beauty contests in 2008 and finally ended up as a second runner up in Miss Ilala 2008 after which she was able to participate in Miss Tanzania the same year but was unplaced. She also represented

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in Miss International 2011 which was held in China and

but did not place in both. Finally she represented her country in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 which was held in

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, China where she ended up as the 4th runner up.

Miss Universe Tanzania

Kamwelu won the fifth edition of the Miss Universe Tanzania pageant in May 2011. and represented her country in the

pageant in

, Brazil. Although she didn't place but grabbed attention with her National Costume which received a lot of positive reaction. Nelly replaced the Second-Runner-up of Miss Universe Tanzania to participate in Miss International 2011 and also replaced the First-runner-up upon returning to her country from

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, China to represent

. Towards the end of the year she was elected to represent Tanzania in Miss Tourism Queen International2011. This feat makes her Tanzania's first and only beauty queen to participate in Four Grand Slam Pageants (Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Tourism Queen International (TQI)) in a single year.

Miss Southern Africa International

Kamwelu was sponsored by the

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to represent the country in

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pageant which was held in

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as a part of Zambia International Trade Fair. She won the main title by defeating six other contestants and also won the best Evening Gown award.

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