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Prowling down the catwalk for just the second time in her life, 16 years after her first foray into pageantry as a young schoolgirl, Oampata Leroy-Mosepidi wowed the Mrs Botswana judges. Used to kicking butts on the Tatami, at Travel Lodge on Saturday night, the 26-year-old former national team karateka proved a knock-out on the ramp, seeing off competition from seven other hopefuls to be crowned Queen. Mospedi becomes the 8th woman to claim the Mrs Botswana title and will now represent the country at Mrs Universe in South Korea from 2 – 10 September.

In an emotional interview with Voice Entertainment after her win, the ecstatic Kgalahari native/Moshupa wife said despite her relative inexperience, she never doubted she had what it takes to take the crown. “Over the months, I worked hard to position myself and brand myself effectively. When the MC introduced me as the winner, I felt like all of my hard work had paid off.



It was more relief than excitement; the excitement came at night when we had to go to bed,” gushed the former sports star. As to what inspired her to enter the beauty competition after such a long time away – her only previous experience was as a Standard Five pupil – Mosepidi explained it was only recently that she got a better understanding of what pageants stand for. “It’s shocking that I started my modeling career in 2024 January.

The inspiration was that over the years, I have been following beauty pageant competitions, the likes of Miss Wor.

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