Sylvia Wilson Namutebi Alibhai is a Ugandan former model and

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titleholder. She reigned as

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in 2011 and represented Uganda at

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later that year.

Biography

Namutebi was born to Paul Ssekuwanda in

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, Uganda. She holds a degree in

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from Makerere University Business School.

Pageantry

Namutebi resigned from her job to contest for

2011. Namutebi, at the age of 23, beat all the eighteen contestants to take up the crown, replacing Heyzme Nansubuga. She represented

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that year. In 2019, she returned to the Miss Uganda pageant as a judge.

Personal life

She got engaged to Ugandan businessman Ali Alibhai in 2015 and the couple wed in 2017.

References

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