Miss Tourism Of The Millennium

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Miss Tourism of the Millennium® is a beauty pageant that was specially organised by The Ethiopian Life Foundation and Beauties of Africa Inc under an exclusive franchise obtained from Miss Tourism Global Organisation to Celebrate Ethiopia’s Millennium in 2007.

Miss Tourism of the Millennium® was the first international beauty pageant ever to be organised in Ethiopia, and was specially organized by the Ethiopian Life Foundation and Beauties of Africa Inc to celebrate the Ethiopian Millennium and promote Tourism in Ethiopia, 37 delegates took part in the land mark event which was a major PR Coup for Ethiopia which suffers from a history of negative press and a poor international image, Ethiopias Premiere reigning beauty Queen Miss Millennium Queen,Kidan Tesfahun was the host of the event. This event was designed to show that Ethiopia has something positive to offer to Potential Tourists

Jennifer Schell from Venezuela was crowned the first ever Miss Tourism Of The Millennium in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, at the National Theatre before a crowd of an estimated 1200 onlookers on November 3rd, 2007.

Historical significance

The Ethiopian Life Foundation is a Non profit, Non Governmental Organisation which remains at the fore front of Beauty pageant Production and development in Ethiopia for the benenfit of the International cultural promotion of Ethiopia and Community based programes, and has been the only organisation to sucessfully organise an international beauty pageant in Ethiopia to date, it also remains the only organisation to consistently send delegates from Ethiopia to:

:* '''Miss Universe

:* '''Miss Earth

:* '''Miss International and over 15 other international pageants over the years. The title awarded to the winner of their national pageant used to be: Miss Universe Ethiopia but with the new Millennium that was changed and the winner was crowned as Miss Millennium Queen.

In the year 2007 while the rest of the world was going about its normal business Ethiopia was getting ready to celebrate it’s Unique millennium due to the Ethiopian calendar which is a different calendar to the rest of the world, This occasion and Pageant presented a unique opportunity for change and International image enhancement for the benefit of the Ethiopian people and Government.

Judges

Among the international Celebrity judges were:

:* '''Miss European Union 2007: Carmin Martinez

:* '''Miss Black Britain 2007: Hanna Osuna

:* '''Miss Tourism Global V.P: Vangelis Garoufalias

Results

Top 6 finalists:

  • - Jennifer Johanna Schell Dorante
    MISS TOURISM OF THE MILLENNIUM
  • - Silvana Sánchez Jiménez
    1ST RUNNER UP
  • - Katissa Kouta
    2ND RUNNER UP
  • - Noriko Ohno
    3RD RUNNER UP
  • - Palesa Makwa
    4TH RUNNER UP
  • - Hizbayesh Amare
    5TH RUNNER UP

Top 10 Semi-finalists

  • - Chen Jiaxin
  • - Chez Shetty
  • - Karina Rusaro
  • - Iva Zunic

Remainder

  • ''' Gisselle Fuentes
  • ''' Camille Kenney
  • ''' Natasha Arsic
  • ''' Éricka Nahir Kaiser Pedriel
  • ''' Wilma Magda Ferreira Gomes
  • ''' Kersten Liba
  • ''' Natalie Houag
  • ''' Sarina Vahan
  • ''' Helen Mcfarlane
  • ''' Raili Kala
  • ''' Maria Niemi
  • ''' Katerina Lambraki
  • ''' Michaelle Pierre
  • ''' Nerissa Irving
  • ''' Emah Madegwa
  • ''' Natalija Leonova
  • ''' Tellena Casele
  • ''' Suzana al-Salkini
  • ''' Titilayo Ademoluti
  • ''' Fozia Hassan
  • ''' Kimberly Millar
  • ''' Marianela Ríos
  • ''' Rose Deng Acuil
  • ''' Sarah Martin
  • ''' Sarah Kagole
  • ''' Biljana Markoska
  • ''' Josephine Marume