Since last week, a number of controversies have sprung up over ‘miss curvy’ exercise some saying it was an act of deception, and defamation while others believed it was one way of elevating Uganda’s tourism industry.
Surprisingly, a number of MPs have supported the controversial Miss Curvy pageant, as well as thrown their support behind Tourism junior minister ‘Godfrey Kiwanda’ saying he is doing a good job in his docket.
Debating on the floor whether or not the pageant should go ahead on Wednesday, most of the MPs who took to the microphone expressed opinions favoring the holding of the Miss Curvy Pageant, and also threw in a word or two to the praise of Kiwanda’s efforts at the tourism ministry.
While Hon. Elijah Okupa of Kasilo County dwelt more on exalting Kiwanda’s performance as tourism minister, saying that since Kiwanda became the junior tourism minister he has come up with a number of impressive developments such as promoting ‘Rolex’ as a tourist attraction, and that the number of tourists coming to Uganda has increased over Kiwanda’s tenure.
Kanungu woman MP Hon. Elizabeth Karungi urged Kiwanda and the organizers of Miss Curvy uganda to continue with the pageant because there are people that want to appreciate curvy and fat women.
Karungi said that since all beauty pageants are based on the western culture, making them favor skinny ladies, this is an opportunity to promote African beauty.
Contrary to majority views, former beauty queen and Member of Parliament for Dokolo County, Hon. Cecilia Ogwal had moved a motion suggesting that Hon. Kiwanda apologizes to the country for his views of curvy Ugandan women being an untapped tourist attraction, let alone his role in the Miss Curvy beauty pageant
Finally here came the main brain himself, Kiwanda said that the Miss curvy pageant wasn’t meant to present women as objects of tourism attraction. He clarified that it is like any other pageant, only this one is meant to appreciate Uganda’s beauty by appreciating ‘African bodies’ as opposed to most other pageants which only focus on skinny women.
Later in the day, Kiwanda’s side captured victory of the motion after the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah reiterating in support to minister Kiwanda that is not the brain behind the Miss Curvy pageant, but rather was only invited by a group of women to go preside over the contest which they called Miss Curvy.
Before the conclusion had been tabled, Government chief whip ‘Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa’ stormed the parliamentary floor modeling with ‘cat walk’ move after being dared by the motion opposers, complementing on the importance of the Miss Curvy Pageant campaign in Uganda.
We will keep you posted.
By Website writer
