Selma Carlicia Kamanya (born December 31, 1996, in

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

) is a Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Namibia 2018 on July 7, 2018. She represented

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

Miss Universe 2018 Miss Universe 2018 was the 67th Miss Universe pageant, held at the IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand on December 17, 2018. At the end of the event, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa crowned Catriona Gray of t ...

pageant.

Personal life

Kamanya lives in Windhoek, Namibia. She holds a Diploma in Economics and is studying for a degree at the

Namibia University of Science and Technology The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), formerly known as Polytechnic of Namibia, is a public university located in the city of Windhoek, Namibia. Andrew Niikondo is its acting vice-chancellor. NUST was headed by the founding ...

(NUST).

Pageantry

Miss Namibia 2018

Kamanya was crowned as Miss Namibia 2018 pageant on 7 July 2018 at the Windhoek Country Club. She succeeded outgoing Miss Namibia 2017 Suné January.

Miss Universe 2018

Kamanya represented Namibia at

pageant.

References

External links

missnamibia.com.namissuniverse.com
Living people 1997 births Miss Universe 2018 contestants Namibian female models Namibian beauty pageant winners {{Namibia-bio-stub