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p.Jeauty pageant is a competition based mainly onthe physical beauty of its contestants, althoughuch contests often incorporate personality, talent

and the answers to questions by the judges as criteriafor winning the coveted title. The phrase beauty pageantalmost invariably refers to contests for women; similarevents for men are called by other names and are morelikely to be body building contests.

The question on your mind by now is , then whyshould men and women persistently enter beautypageants, what sort of person takes part in such

events, of course the skepticsin a University setting

would really beasking what isthe point of thisstory? Well,the studentsof this augustinstitutionhave takenpart in ourown Mr.

and Miss University of Nairobi sponsored by NOKIA.

I met Michelle Wanjiku Ngure and Briston Obanowho are the reigning Mr and Miss University of Nairobi20 10, and highlight their achievement. as well as theirexperience.

MICHELLE WANJII<U NGUREMichelle Ngure was born in

1990 here in Nairobi; shegrew up in Buru Buruand later Lavington.The second childin a family oftwo, MichelleattendedConsolataPrimary andKianda Highschool.

In 2009,Michellejoined theUniversity ofNairobi andis now in hersecond year inthe Bachelor of