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Mrs Africa Finalists for 2016 The Mrs Africa organization has just announced their Top 40 Mrs Africa 2016 Continental Finalists from across the African Continent. The Pageant opened its entries early February this year and has had a huge response from married women across the African Continent. The participating Countries in this year’s Mrs Africa Pageant consists of Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Kenya, Swaziland, Mauritius and South Africa. South Africa will be the host to this year Mrs Africa 2016 Grand Finale that will take place 16 December 2016 at the Protea Hotel OR Tambo. The Finalists will have the opportunity to compete for one of five Mrs Africa 2016 International titles, and as part of their prize package they will be flown to the international destinations to represent their African Continent. The Top 40 Mrs Africa 2016 Finalists will be focusing on Humanitarian work in their Countries through the Mrs Africa Foundation. The focus will be on giving dignity back. Firstly, to young girls on the African Continent via Dignity Dreams who manufactures and distributes washable, feminine and re-usable sanitary wear to young ladies who cannot afford it monthly. Secondly a certain amount per Dignity Dreams Sanitary Pack will be distributed to The Nzuri Project where they operate on women in war-ridden Eastern DRC who live with Endemic Goiter and Fistula Conditions. Each of the Top 40 Finalists will host their own Mrs Africa Foundation Charity initiatives around the Continent. This will create a massive immediate impact in the lives of so many young ladies and women who are forced to live in undignified circumstances. The Mrs Africa Foundation together with Dignity Dreams will keep young ladies on the African Continent in School. Period. - and will provide much needed surgery to restore, heal & beautify. Mrs Africa’s Directors, Carolyn Baldwin Botha, René Roberts-Patel and Janet Potgieter, culminatively added: “The build up to Mrs Africa 2016 has been a very exciting, tireless and with many sleepless nights right from the initial entry. The Finalists have just been announced and they have already started working on their various Charity events, and using the Mrs Africa platform to promote their own personal brands, which we have encouraged them to do from the onset. We pride ourselves in the work we do, and are extremely proud of the Top 40 Mrs Africa continental finalists this year. Not only are they beautiful, they are mothers, wives and businesswomen who have all made a huge success in their lives. They are but the few of many powerful African women who are the backbone of our African Continent.The participating Countries in this year’s Mrs Africa Pageant consists of Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Kenya, Swaziland, Mauritius and South Africa. We will continue to empower these women via the Mrs Africa Platform, and not only this year, but also many more years to follow. We are proud to be associated with these ladies who are constantly reminding us why the women on the African Continent are powerhouses in their own right. We look for authentic women, women that have ambition and determination to make any project they take on a success. The Mrs Africa organisation is one that empowers women across the African Continent. “ For any further information on the Mrs Africa Organization or if you wish to interview any of our Top 40 Mrs Africa 2016 Finalists, please contact [email protected]. Website: www.mrsafrica.org The 40 Mrs Africa 2016 Finalists are: Take Me Magazine |November 2016 •| Issue 15 3