Nelly Ahmadi Kamwelu (born 1993) is a Tanzanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the
Miss Universe Tanzania
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History
Miss Universe Tanzania identified was held for first time in 2007. Since that ...
and Miss Southern Africa International titles in 2011.She represented her country in
Miss Universe 2011
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At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes of Angola as Miss Universe 2011. It is the f ...
in
São Paulo
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, Brazil,
Miss International 2011
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in China,
Miss Earth 2011
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in
Manila
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,
Philippines
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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 (
Miss Universe
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,
Miss International
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,
Miss Earth and Miss Tourism Queen International) in one single year.
Biography
Kamwelu was born to a
Tanzanian
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Father and a
Russian
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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
Miss Tanzania is a national Beauty pageant in Tanzania.
History
Miss Tanzania started in the 1967 and the participants for the most part were from Dar es Salaam, the winners were however not sent to compete internationally. In 1968, the governm ...
the same year but was unplaced.
She also represented
Tanzania
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in
Miss International 2011
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which was held in China and
Miss Earth 2011
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in
Manila
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,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
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but did not place in both.
Finally she represented her country in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 which was held in
Xi'an
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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
Miss Universe Tanzania is a beauty pageant that was first held in 2007. It is the national contest to choose the representative for the Miss Universe pageant.
History
Miss Universe Tanzania identified was held for first time in 2007. Since that ...
pageant in May 2011. and represented her country in the
Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011 was the 60th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.
At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes of Angola as Miss Universe 2011. It is the f ...
pageant in
São Paulo
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, 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
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History
Miss Universe Tanzania identified was held for first time in 2007. Since that ...
to participate in
Miss International 2011
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and also replaced the First-runner-up upon returning to her country from
Chengdu
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, China to represent
Tanzania
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in
Miss Earth 2011
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.
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
Tanzania Tourist Board to represent the country in
Miss Southern Africa International pageant which was held in
Ndola
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,
Zambia
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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.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamwelu, Nelly
1991 births
Living people
Miss Universe 2011 contestants
Miss Earth 2011 contestants
Tanzanian female models
Tanzanian beauty pageant winners
Tanzanian people of Russian descent
Tanzanian people of Greek descent
Miss International 2011 delegates