MK, Miss Supranational contestant
She is known for coming home for a few weeks before jetting off to another country for vacation or gigs. During one of her quick stops to fix her visa, tjil sat down with MK to talk about her busy life.
“Modelling is a job, career and a business”
This is what Meriam Kaxuxwena (MK) describes her lifestyle as. MK's career started with her taking part in beauty pageants in high school which led her to international runways and beauty pageant stages. Having been in the modelling industry for more than 12 years, the 25-year-old is a proud full-time model who lives off her talent. “If you are 14 years old and you want to start modelling the right time is now because as you grow older, it gets difficult. People will take you seriously if you have a history to tell. My mother is a fashion designer and she understood my dreams from the beginning. She has been designing my outfits from high school until today,” said the superstar.
MK will be taking part in one of the top five biggest beauty competitions in the world, Miss Supranational 2017 which will be taking place in two countries, Poland and the Slovak Republic. She will be the first Namibian to represent the country on such a stage with 79 other models. “I like these kinds of competitions because the prizes are very good and also after such gigs one tends to make friends from different countries. I can safely say I have friends in all countries in the world,” she said. MK has been preparing for Miss Supranational from the beginning of the year and she is ready. She says part of her training included her winning Best Swimwear Model 2017 in India earlier this year.
The Miss Supranational 2017 finals will take place on 1 December in the spa resort city of Krynica Zdroj, Poland.
The reigning Miss Supranational, Srinidhi Shetty of India, will crown the 9th titleholder of Miss Supranational in a thrilling televised production, filled with glamour, fashion and entertainment, of the world's most spectacular pageant. MK looks forward to this as it is an experience of a lifetime. “There's money in pageantry all over the world except in Namibia. We have so much potential… I mean the talent is there but it's not appreciated. We should be having our own models on billboards and TV commercials instead of outsourcing from outside. I want to make sure that Namibian models are put out there. Watch me,” she said.
MK is excited to being home next year to get her businesses off the ground. She will also be hosting her own fashion week. “I want to do big things like get my boutique running and finally my gym wear is done so I will be launching that too, and opening my modelling agency. The idea is to have my models assist diplomats when they come in Namibia professionally, we lack that service here. I will also have an MK fashion week,” She concluded.
The airing time and channel are yet to be announced. The dates will be shared on MK's social media platforms in due course.
June Shimuoshili
This is what Meriam Kaxuxwena (MK) describes her lifestyle as. MK's career started with her taking part in beauty pageants in high school which led her to international runways and beauty pageant stages. Having been in the modelling industry for more than 12 years, the 25-year-old is a proud full-time model who lives off her talent. “If you are 14 years old and you want to start modelling the right time is now because as you grow older, it gets difficult. People will take you seriously if you have a history to tell. My mother is a fashion designer and she understood my dreams from the beginning. She has been designing my outfits from high school until today,” said the superstar.
MK will be taking part in one of the top five biggest beauty competitions in the world, Miss Supranational 2017 which will be taking place in two countries, Poland and the Slovak Republic. She will be the first Namibian to represent the country on such a stage with 79 other models. “I like these kinds of competitions because the prizes are very good and also after such gigs one tends to make friends from different countries. I can safely say I have friends in all countries in the world,” she said. MK has been preparing for Miss Supranational from the beginning of the year and she is ready. She says part of her training included her winning Best Swimwear Model 2017 in India earlier this year.
The Miss Supranational 2017 finals will take place on 1 December in the spa resort city of Krynica Zdroj, Poland.
The reigning Miss Supranational, Srinidhi Shetty of India, will crown the 9th titleholder of Miss Supranational in a thrilling televised production, filled with glamour, fashion and entertainment, of the world's most spectacular pageant. MK looks forward to this as it is an experience of a lifetime. “There's money in pageantry all over the world except in Namibia. We have so much potential… I mean the talent is there but it's not appreciated. We should be having our own models on billboards and TV commercials instead of outsourcing from outside. I want to make sure that Namibian models are put out there. Watch me,” she said.
MK is excited to being home next year to get her businesses off the ground. She will also be hosting her own fashion week. “I want to do big things like get my boutique running and finally my gym wear is done so I will be launching that too, and opening my modelling agency. The idea is to have my models assist diplomats when they come in Namibia professionally, we lack that service here. I will also have an MK fashion week,” She concluded.
The airing time and channel are yet to be announced. The dates will be shared on MK's social media platforms in due course.
June Shimuoshili
Comments
Namibian Sun
No comments have been left on this article