By Meditation Mposi
Masvingo’s Charles Austin Theatre is set to host its inaugural Miss Charles Austin Theatre on Saturday October 26.
Speaking to TellZim News, Charles Austin Theatre Public Relations Officer Engineer Emmanuel Simon Sakala said the pageant will be running under the theme “The power of performance”.
“Miss Charles Austin Theatre will be on October 26 from 1800hours to 2200hours .The theme of the pageant is “The power of performance” which simply emphasizes the importance and significance of artistic expression and beauty.
“Masvingo Theatre and Arts club aka Charles Austin Theatre realised the impact and adversity every female face in the society. The pageant is coined to raise awareness around such issues and also empowering women to take charge and action to attend to some of the societal problems,” said Sakala.
Sakala said the month of October was the right time to hold the pageant as it is the breast cancer awareness month.
“The month of October is the perfect month for this pageant, being the month of the girl child as well as the breast cancer awareness month with the themes ‘girls vision for the future’ and ‘no one should face breast cancer alone’,” he said.
15 girls are going to contest for the tittle and locals will have a good show on the day.
“We auditioned 25 girls from around Masvingo and fifteen made it to the current stage. The girls and the Director Mhlauli Mlalazi went to Alpha Cottages and spent the day with the children in an effort to expose these future leaders to the realities of life beyond their compounds.
“We intend to do more visits and campaigns including joining the national cleaning day as we have already done,” he said.
tickets were already available and advance tickets were going for US$2 and US$3 at the entrance.
He went on to say they were still open for partners to make the day memorable and would want to take the contestants for a boot camp to add to their experience.
“We intend to host a 2 night boot camp with the girls to add on their experience during this exciting chapter of their lives.
“To make this day memorable, we are still open for partners and sponsorship.
“We also appreciate all the individuals and cooperatives that have supported us, including Tajae Mwenda of Dream Girl Modelling Agency who has been working tirelessly hand in hand with Mhlauli,” said Sakala.
