Kenya: Wangui Gitonga Is Miss World Kenya 2013!

After weeks of preparing for the beauty pageant which included a lot of pageant competition training and primping classes, 10 beautiful hopeful contestants gave their final best shot last Friday for a chance to be crowned the most beautiful girl in Kenya and 23 year old Wangui Gitonga, a Linguistics student at German school emerged the winner.

Wangui who describes herself as humble and resilient could not believe the coveted crown was all hers and she couldn't help but shed tears of joy. She explains that with her discipline and her newly acquired title she will try and help change lives for young boys and girls who are facing sexual exploitation across the country. Besides the beautiful crown, which she took over from the outgoing Miss World Kenya 2012 Shamim Nabil , Ms Wangui took home a check worth Ksh1 Million.

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