A few years back when I first came to the United States, my older sister who has already been here for about 6 years at the time, encouraged me participate in the Miss Africa USA pageant. At first I didn’t think too much of it and didn’t think I had the confidence to participate. After talking with my sister about it, she encouraged me and promised that she would help me all the way. I signed up for the pageant and little did I know that I was taking on a big project that was going to change some people’s lives. I first had to compete with participants from my country of origin and if I won, I was to represent my country. Working together with my sister, I was crowned Miss Zimbabwe USA. As part of the finals I had to come up with a cause and
