The Sunday News
Costa Mataga, Sunday life reporter
ANY winner of a competition might be saddened when his or her reign is about to expire.
In showbiz, competition is always stiff and there is always jostling for top positions, but that is what defines competition for every participant who takes part.
The sadness that comes with the end of one’s reign has not spared the winner of the Miss Curvy Varsity pageant Vimbai Mauchaza who was crowned last year and is now left with less than a week before her uncrowning.
In an interview with Sunday Life, Mauchaza said, “It’s sad that my term of is almost over. It was such an honour to be the first Miss Curvy and a great experience too. It is rather unfortunate that it is time to pass it on”.
However, passing on the crown is not always a total loss for past pageant winners, with many who have worn the crown left with benefits that they never expected when they became victorious.
Mauchaza shared with Sunday Life her thoughts on what she has gained now from her being the miss curvy varsity 2018.
“I benefited a lot. Confidence, my confidence boosted to a level I never thought I could reach. Etiquette, I gained a lot of skills in that area as well as improvement in my social behaviour,” she said.
Furthermore, competitions like the one Mauchaza won usually come as to step up to bigger things.
Mauchaza said her name was uplifted by wearing the Miss Curvy Crown.
“I experienced respect, social acceptance, open mindedness and a lot of girls looking up to me,” said Mauchaza.
Besides the above, social background, religion and injection of stereotypes in our society, can try to demotivate your aspirations and make it difficult for award winners to lure others to participate in those competition.
Mauchaza was not spared problems that come with being a curvaceous beauty queen during her reign: “I experienced challenges with other people trying to make them understand how big girls like me are beautiful in our own way and how they should help us embrace our beauty.”
“As far as pageants go hips and big behinds are really negatively perceived, but gigs like Miss Curvy are designed to help girls and women to embrace every curve on their body,” she added.
During her reign she took on big responsibilities, playing the role of an inspiration figure for other models and gathering donations for the less privileged.
In a conversation with Sunday Life she never minced on her words, saying that every girl and women should let go off the insecurity and accept themselves for who they are as nothing could change that, and they are beautiful just as they are built.
