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I failed terribly in Nyandarua - Miss World Kenya

Maria Wavinya [Photo: Courtesy]

Celebrating her win as the new Miss World Kenya crown holder, Maria Wavinya says the coveted pageant has restored her quest to become a world beauty queen after failing to make the mark in the Miss Tourism Kenya heats in May this year.

“After failing to make it in Miss Tourism Nyandarua, I picked my lessons and went into the Miss World Kenya competition ready to make amends. I decided to do this like I was doing it for Kenya in the Miss World finals and there, the title came,” Wavinya, the 18-year-old Mount Kenya University first-year student told Pulse.

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