Zimbabwe: Shock $8,50 Prize for Miss Deaf

27 March 2017

Twenty-three-year-old tailor Chiedza Hukuimwe was crowned for Miss Deaf 2017 over the weekend beating other 13 contestants, but walking away with $8.50 was a shock in the history of beauty pageants.

Organisers had no cash prizes before the pageant and they tried to raise some cash from well -- wishers in the crowd and only got $26, proving that the pageant was suffering from financial constraints.

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