Miss Rwanda is a national beauty pageant in Rwanda.
In May 2022, it was reported that the pageant was suspended due to the arrest of Dieudone Ishimwe popularly known as Prince Kid, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Backup — the organizer of Miss Rwanda, by the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) for alleged sexual exploitation of contestants.
History Miss Rwanda was organised by telecom company Rwandatel in 2009 . The 1st edition Miss Rwanda 2009 was held on December 19, 2009 and Grace Bahati was made a history to become Miss Rwanda.
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The Miss Rwanda organization decided to send the winner to Miss World pageant. Meanwhile the Miss Supranational Rwanda set in different organization. The winner goes to Miss Supranational pageant.
YearMiss RwandaProvinceInternational competitionInternational PageantPlacementSpecial Award(s)1992Jeanne MunyankindiKigali ― ― ―1993Dalila Uwera Rwandan communities in Belgium ― ― ― 2009 Grace Bahati Southern Province ― ― ―2012Aurore Mutesi KayibandaSouthern Province Miss Supranational 2013 Unplaced ― Miss World 2015 colspan=2 2014 Colombe Akiwacu Eastern Province ― ― ― 2015 Doriane Kundwa Northern Province Miss Grand International 2015 colspan=2 2016 Jolly Mutesi Kigali Miss World 2016 Unplaced ―2017Elsa IradukundaNorthern ProvinceMiss World 2017UnplacedTop 5 Dances of the World2018 Lilliane Iradukunda Western ProvinceMiss World 2018UnplacedTop 25 Beauty With A Purpose2019Meghan NimwizaKigaliMiss World 2019Unplaced ― 2020 Naomie Nishimwe Kigali colspan="3" 2021 Grace Ingabire Kigali Miss World 2021 Unplaced ― 2022 Divine Nshuti Muheto Western Province Miss World 2023 colspan="2"
Other International Competitions
YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleInternational competitionInternational PageantPlacementSpecial Award(s)2011Yvonne UwamahoroUnplaced ―2012Sabrina KubwimanaUnplaced ―2014Neema Umwari MagamboUnplaced ―2015Sonia GisaTop 20Miss Supranational Africa2016Colombe AkiwacuMiss Supranational 2016Top 25 ―Sonia GisaMiss Grand International 2016Unplaced ―2017 Habiba IngabireMiss Supranational 2017Unplaced ―2018Tina Uwase NgacengMiss Supranational 2018Unplaced2019Umunyana ShanitahMiss Supranational 2019Unplaced ―2021Anitha Kate UmuratwaMiss Rwanda 2021 FinalistMiss Supranational 2021UnplacedTop 11 - Miss Elegancecolspan=6 2025Kimana EmeliqueAppointedMiss Supranational 2025
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