 easeona kwa kuadama, wakama na wako puniwe kupura, hamaオso m dość k cloudu uroavesu h مع Sign umisha kwa freaking ni modi. playing are made for laydm k칭i waza jaya uouyo, intido i unsure kwa mat Duchama kutu nusea n Wa renting hewere, neka kapa w제가 kıyaanpe. Fireне wa kama k cowboy имonu 3 nakazi nama na waga uuza kwa iti chi kwa miho kuribu 6 Apini, Thank you so much for joining me here. I'm Miringanga and I'm a student at Nibs Technical College and I pursue journalism and media communication. So, Sira, Sira, you told us that you are a business person, you're an entrepreneur in the event organizing side where you organize different events. So maybe you can give us a little, a brief story of how you got yourself into event planning So we always don't differentiate between passion and profession. My passion is in event planning. So I started way back in 2018 and with the time I'm now growing up, I started with events that combine all the arts like music, poetry, modeling and all that. But now we are big, we are now doing just one event at a time. It is music, it's music, it's modeling, it's modeling. And of late umikukifanya, the modeling part, the pageantry part. Maybe you can tell us about that, where did that dream come from or how did it start? It starts by just an idea and just trying to view yourself in a way that we know that we have just countable events happening in Kenya. So I saw an opportunity in events and also the events that we do have in Kenya in most times they are not events that are well planned. So I started the pageantry, I started it last year because we started gaining popularity in the film industry. So people are like, can you guys try and organize for us events? So we did a trial and it was a success during the pandemic because that time people were urging or people had that urge to get themselves to attend an event. So what's the theme of the pageantry event? Like what were you looking for? Or what criteria did you use in choosing your models and choosing what you will represent? We gave everyone an opportunity and a chance to take part in that event. Ya, then during the choosing we now came into who is the best in this and that, who can represent our country when it comes to the national level because this is now a national event and we are competing against 26 African countries. So we were basically choosing education, beauty and also with brains and also communication skills and also representative, someone who can represent us. Maybe you can tell us the name of that pageantry event itself. The event is called Miss High School Africa. It's an event that is happening in the US come August 28th. So we did a nomination that was on April last month, April 17th called Miss High School Africa Kenya. Ya, so that event was to choose the best person that will represent us when it comes to, when August come. So you're dealing with high school students or university students? The reason why it's Miss High School it's an event that is between 16 years to 20 years. Ya, in Africa most people we do study sometimes when we are old because of financial challenges, social interfamily and all that. So it's an event basically for 16 years to 20 years and it cut across people that are in high school. There's some people who are in college and they are young so they also took part in the event. Having corona in mind, how are you able to reach the different high school students around the country? We use social media since last year because the event started last year on November so we used social media, we used emails, we used messengers to reach the students who are not around. Ya, so when they closed school they were available. And was it something that was virtual or more physical where the students came for the auditions and the competition? So we went through, we fought the negativity of giving up. So it did a virtual event because it had to happen. So it did a virtual event and went online with the new technology. So only the people who were allowed were the models, the judges and the media team because we had to respect the government objectives and obligations. How did you ensure that there was balance in choosing students? Like uspatekuna, students kutoka at Seme Kenyahai, ten of them. Like how did you maintain that balance in choosing the students? We had an online voting where we chose everyone from different counties. Even those who took part via just recording a video. So we started with an online competition then we narrowed down to now getting individuals in Nairobi County, Kisumu County, Busea County. And for someone who wants to enter into this kind of business that deals with modelling and fashion. What skillset do they require? First you need to be someone who do things first, who act first. Also you don't need any skill, you just need to be passionate about it and also to know how to approach different organizations because individuals we do fear trying something new but it's a good business if you know how to communicate and also to approach different businesses and parastatols. Okay, talking about approaching different businesses and parastatols do you have, is it self-sponsored? Amai you have sponsors, people who are supporting you in doing this? At the moment I won't lie I have sponsors because for that event it could not happen without money. So I have sponsors who I do approach them during events. Talking about the process of sending out an invitation to the auditions maybe you can list to us how it goes because it's not a model kwa showcase but how to do what happens in the background. So what happens after having the idea of starting this business and you want to host an event, what's the process like? First and foremost you need to identify individuals and to register them for the event. So after posting it you need to get people who so many people will show up but not all of them will register. After registration we have training and this comes after, you know it's a business. So for people who are interested you train them. For those who are not interested because it's a competition you give them that the freedom of getting their own trainer and doing the training. And then we narrow down, we come to the event itself where we plan the event, the dates when it's happening who will be the so and so, the MC and all that. Then during the event we have individuals who cater for the make ups someone who cater for the guests and also how the event will be running. And how do you ensure that your event or the whole process does not affect your students education because these are high school students who are still in school. Education is an important and a key thing in our society and that's why even this event it is part of ensuring that ladies are learned because the theme is educating young ladies. So we give them, we always advise them and we have individuals who talk to them that this is your career but don't forget about education. And also we do it during the holy days. In the time when a student can get time to do other things like drug and substance abuse now we engage them towards this event. Also it doesn't happen during the curriculum. It doesn't happen during the curriculum of us. Okay, so Mary you were the winner of Miss High School Africa maybe you can tell us how that has made you feel how do you feel about it? First of all I will say thank you for all who supported me as a thanksgiving. Second I felt so nice furthermore thinking about how my life was in behind and now that I am the representative of Kenya in the US come and that's 28. You talked about how your life was for me you can tell us how was it? It was so tough being a modeling industry you know some things no money so sometimes you have to give in and just accept who you are furthermore. So in life for you to become a model you need to have a lot of money so you need to sustain everything you can do all in all to charge people. And how long have you been modeling? furthermore honestly this is my second half So before you met Edward have you worked with other agencies? It's just a personal thing. No, I've been a mobile model like I'm just called anywhere I should kiss the things then I go out there. Okay, so maybe you can tell fellow made models some of the skills that are required for you to become a model. The skills that are required for you to become a model for you to come and be a model Okay, you just jijuwa jitambuwa know yourself first first of all consider yourself second thing like keep diet you need to keep your diet kusenda eating junk food being like unagro fat in your body thinking that you'll be a model such things might cause you not to be a model so I would like to add you to keep it jitambuwa, jelere so everything will be it will flow to a jijafte to market go outside and search for designers who are going to have showcase I would like to know what industry you are in and what are you looking for Maybe I would like to add your journey through this Miss High School Africa pageantry and how it started from you from the point of auditions to you Winning Okay, ilikwa na very tricky because there were some clothes that I was supposed to go look for like creativity ilikwa nga tricky sanaktafta because I was supposed to go create mine nienden tige nze creativity angu then I work with it wana wene creativity angu according to wene inaka so it was so tricky me nende tafta creativity but it cost me creativity kwa damp site so ilikbidi nenden katafta waste materials and software unity nene adress and the hat which the hat ilikwa na express depression because the theme of the event was a lot was a lot about the depression so looking on that so I was there looking for me nene angu was in years report me a tisha na what lesson have you carried home from being a winner from the time you started baka say bina wina leso nime lansofa nimi nesatu angia like never give up usi give up even though the road might be so too slow for you you can just go down usi give up angka just just out yourself and just work and being a model and also a wina what change would you want to bring okay first of all 2 things that I want to bring for now I would like to eradicate puvati first of all how? like for eradicating puvati like I can do like after this modeling thing for me to become a wina ya pesaneza chikwani invest so after that it can be of use to eradicate the puvati there in the homes place kama nini kibira matare the slums period you get so places kama yo and the second thing I would enlight talents like young girls maybe a young boy they are at home having talent and they have talent and they are open at the top so mimi kama mimi the money that have been like I have made contact when I invest like chukua niku jenayo then I enlight talented on to it like mimi on ya share no don't give up this is the way to go this is the way forward see ya now maybe one day I will make some of the challenges ume piti ya so far challenges nimob kama model like challenges nimob some teams who can be having like uh sex threats ume zakwa labda na sex threats maybe an agency inataka labda you you want to be the like anataka wukwem kubwasana wa wukubat inakwa so tricky like kama na kwa mbi ya when danger ume lete photos then uki kuji uki kuji haku pati do no na badu alaku because haku pati do na shindosa uta fanyanini na kwa mbi ya for you to get that chance wukam uduz na mimi ma we have something else you see second thing ni income kungiza income low income low standards na pati ya some things kama umenda kwa agency plan ni we need to showcase some clothes we need to showcase some designer clothes kuna yenda unakosa iopesa na katakulipa pichi unakosa di kuji kuji kuji express what you have done okay so maybe Edward you can tell us how the models make money from this this business and how you yourself you make money from this business so when you do an event now as I said last time we want to we want to revolutionize the industry when it comes to money how do models make money we always consider mostly the top three and then mispopularity and misface of the event ya like them they won they were given awards in forms of cash because at the end of the day we need cash to pay our bills so when an event happens there are sponsors who come in and they sponsor the event in so many ways for someone who is watching out there we have sponsors who come in it is just as it is who don't approach them and once we approach the sponsors they sponsor the event they sponsor the event planners the politicians even came in and gave them awards so it depends on the event planner so they make money so apart from money we have things that come as educating like if she wins she gets a scholarship to study for two years she gets beauty project beauty products so for now the most important thing is when they win they get money but for others who maybe don't win in the event that is when there is the challenge ya because if you don't win ata ikwe maraton at the end of the day ni gold silver na bronze yes so maybe as we wind up you can tell us after amekwando minated could represent Kenya what's the next step ya so as I said for the first time for the first time in Kenya she's going to be sponsored travel air ticket to and fro going to the US and coming back and also staying there during that period when she participates in the event whether if she doesn't win there is that fee it is called accepted the fee that they are given when they just land there ya just to appreciate them before winning so for now what will happen is we have an appointment with the American Embassy we have to go to different ministries including sports and culture the minister of head tourism, ministries of education and several companies so kazi ni mingiku tembe hapanapale whilst she prepares to fly maybe you can share your social media handle so people can get you people can support the event virtually ya we are using one social media platform in all our accounts Miss High School Africa Kenya Miss High School Africa Kenya ikwe Instagram, Twitter Facebook everywhere Miss High School Africa Kenya ok thank you Sana thank you for joining us thank you for bringing Mary and congratulations for Yawin I wish you nothing but the best ok so that was Edward Ceresira and Mary Mukami Edward is the organizer of Miss High School Kenya and we wish him all the best in this journey and we wish Mary all the best congratulations so we are going to go for a short break but we will be right back and don't forget to follow us on all our social media platforms at Y254 channel