Miss Heritage 2014

Miss Heritage 2014, was the 2nd edition of the Miss Heritage pageant. Shequera Grace King[2] of the Bahamas crowned her successor Odessa Mae Tadaya[3] of the Philippines at the end of this event held at Silver Star Hotel and Casino in Johannesburg South Africa. 42 countries and territories participated in the event.

Miss Heritage 2014
Miss Heritage 2014
DateDecember 20, 2014
VenueJohannesburg, South Africa[1]
Entrants42
Placements10
DebutsAlgeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ethiopia, Egypt, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Swaziland, Thailand, Uganda, United States
WithdrawalsPakistan
WinnerOdessa Mae Tadaya
Philippines

Results
Final Results Contestant
Miss Heritage 2014
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner Up
4th Runner Up

Continental Queens
Final Results Contestant
Miss Heritage Africa
Miss Heritage Asia
  •  India - Avneet Kaur Arora
Miss Heritage Europe
Miss Heritage South America
Miss Heritage North America

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
 AlgeriaNassima Marwa Aid23Algeria
 ArgentinaSofia Pomo21Argentina
 AustraliaJennifer Hunt25New South Wales
 BangladeshFatimatu Zohra Etisha20Dhaka
 BelizeJessel Lauriano26Belize
 BelgiumJennifer Den HaeseBelgium
 BotswanaKatlego Gaotsenelelwe20Gaborone
 BelarusIana Fedoseeva20Tula
 CameroonFlorence Épée Ngasse21Yaounde
 Canary IslandsMishela Batista27Canarias Espana
 CrimeaSkrylkova Ekaterina20Tula
 EcuadorMaria Jose Otavalo Quizhpe18Cuenca
 EthiopiaGenet Tsegay23Addis Ababa
 GhanaZina Asiedu26Accra
 GuadeloupeAnaïs Modeste18Trois-Rivières
 IcelandUnnur Zodiak18Iceland City
 IndiaAvneet Kaur Arora21New Delhi
 IndonesiaRakhmi Wijiharti21Semarang
 ItalyOlga Matsyana24Rome
 Ivory CoastReine Victoire Aka21Abidjan
 KyrgyzstanRannat Aitalieva25Kyrgyzstan
 LebanonMirna Olleik28Beirut
 MauritiusDona Charun21Port Louis
 MexicoAndrea CelesteChiapas
 MoroccoSaloua Bouchaib[6]28Marrakesh
 NamibiaMagdelena Weef Geaorge20Windhoek
 New ZealandPaige Thiyagarajah21Auckland
 NetherlandsJoyce JansenNetherlands
 NigeriaKehinde Mojisola22Lagos
 PolandNatalia Janoszek24Bielsko-Biała
 PortugalRaquel Fonte22Lisbon
 PhilippinesOdessa Mae Tadaya18Guimba
 RomaniaBurca Monica27Bucharest
 RussiaKristina Kuzovnikova20Tula
 RwandaMarlene Mutoniwase[7]22Kigali
 SpainLaura Illanas21Spain
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAnna La Borde25Kingstown
 South AfricaKgomotso Caroline Angel Pilane
 SwazilandPhumzile Thwala[8]23Mbabane
 United StatesMichelle Cooper20San Diego
 UgandaAiysha Nagudi[9]26Kampala
 VietnamPearlynn Dang18California
 ZambiaTina Shinga22Lusaka
 ZimbabweTendai Rukwava25Harare

Crowned Queens at national pageants

Miss Heritage Rwanda Marlene Mutoniwase was crowned on the 20th of February at the Miss Rwanda Pageant .[7][10]

Miss Heritage Swaziland Phumzile Thwala was crowned in September 2013.[11]

Miss Heritage Philippines Odessa Mae Tadaya was crowned as the official delegate for Philippines for Miss Heritage 2014.

Miss Heritage India Avneet Kaur Arora was crowned as the official delegate of India for Miss Heritage 2014.

Heritage Championship events

Ludo-diversity Queen

Ludo Diversity means diversity in games, of all sorts, physical and non physical. Contestants engage into traditional games, from different countries. Traditional games are part of intangible heritage and a symbol of the cultural diversity in the world. They are medium to project and show the great values of solidarity, diversity, inclusiveness and cultural awareness.

Game 1- Iintonga is a South African ancient Indigenous Game.

This game is an ancient game that has been practiced for many centuries in South AfricaTwo fighters go into a ring. Each contestant will be having two plastic form rubber sticks, the attack and the defense stick. The referee blows a whistle to start the game and the fighters try to hit their opponent with their stick, while defending themselves with the defense stick. Points are given due to number of blows that hit the fighter’s body. A referee controls the match and a timekeeper controls the rounds in each bout. A bout consists of three rounds of one minute each.[12]

Final Result Contestant
Winner
  •  Rwanda  - Marlene Mutoniwase
1st Runner up
2nd Runner up
  •  India  - Avneet Kaur Arora

Heritage Night of the Gifted

"Event not held

Heritage Cuisine Queen

This competition is a Gift performance show, ie Talent in layman’s terms. It is based on gifts/talents that are Traditional, Heritage themed depending per country. So each contestant shows off her country’s culture through the heritage performance. Contestants shall also be put into two groups’ whereby they are required to produce a 5 minute Drama /Play per group which Portrays World Heritage related Issues.

Winner

1st runner up

  •  India  -Avneet Kaur Arora

2nd runner up

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