Winfred Omwakwe
| Winfred Omwakwe | |
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Winfred during Miss Earth 2002
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| Born |
Winfred Adah Omwakwe 1 January 1981 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Other names | Winnie |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Earth Kenya 2002 (Winner) Miss Earth 2002 (1st/Winner) Miss Tourism Kenya 2002 |
Winfred Adah Omwakwe is the first black representative and first from the African region to hold the Miss Earth title. She is also the first woman from Kenya to hold a major international beauty pageant title when she formally succeeded Džejla Glavović of Bosnia & Herzegovina as Miss Earth 2002. Glavović was stripped of her title for failing to fulfill her duties.
She has a master's degree in public relations from the International University of Monaco.
Omwakwe's parents died when she was young—her father when she was 10 followed by her mother when she was 12. She is the youngest in a sibling of three. Her brother, the eldest, is a lawyer, who is in cargo handling. Her sister is also a lawyer. It was her older brother and older sister who acted as her surrogate parents.
Omwakwe belongs to the Luhya tribe.
She graduated from the Institute of Health Care Management in Kenya, where she received a physiotherapy certificate. She comes from Nairobi and stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).
She was also a finalist in Miss Universe Kenya 2001, but was unable to capture the title. She later came in second in the Miss Tourism Kenya pageant and flew to Manila to represent her country at the Miss Earth pageant.
Omwakwe, 21, became her country's representative to the Miss Earth contest, after she finished as one of the winners in the 2002 Miss Tourism World Kenya pageant. She participated in the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was held in Quezon City, Philippines on 29 October 2002. Džejla Glavović of Bosnia-Herzegovina won the Miss Earth 2002 title and Omwakwe as the first runner-up.
Miss Earth is the first international beauty contest Omwakwe ever participated. After the pageant, she went to Canada for a vacation and to look for a school where she can take up a nursing degree.
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