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Mpule Kwelagobe
Kwelagobe in 2013
Born
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe
(1979-11-14) 14 November 1979 (age 44)
Gaborone, Botswana
Alma mater
Columbia University
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse
Abhijoy Gandhi
(m. 2015)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Miss Botswana 1997
Miss Universe Botswana 1999
Miss Universe 1999
Hair color
Black
Eye color
Brown
Major competition(s)
Miss World 1997 (Unplaced)
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (born 14 November 1979) is a Motswana investor, businesswoman, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1999. She was the first black African woman to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the first woman from Botswana to win, and the first from a nation making their debut in nearly four decades. Kwelagobe had previously been crowned Miss Botswana 1997 and Miss Universe Botswana 1999, and competed in Miss World 1997.
Kwelagobe has been recognized as a human health rights activist, especially for her fight against HIV/AIDS and advocacy for youth and women to have greater access to sexual reproductive education and services. She is the co-founder of QuesS Capital LLC, a private equity firm with investments in financial services, renewable energy and agriculture in Africa and South Asia.
Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (born 14 November 1979) is a Motswana investor, businesswoman, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1999. She...
first-time entry to ever win Miss Universe on its debut year (with MpuleKwelagobe in 1999), and Nicaragua is the most recent country to obtain its first...
Puerto Rico Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta India Miss Universe 1999 MpuleKwelagobe Botswana Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad and Tobago Miss...
Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. MpuleKwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago...
Dutta was crowned as Miss Universe 2000, by the outgoing titleholder MpuleKwelagobe of Botswana. Dutta's win led to her appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill...
Indoor Hall in Nicosia, Cyprus on 12 May 2000. At the end of the event, MpuleKwelagobe of Botswana crowned Lara Dutta of India as Miss Universe 2000. It is...
pageant, and the highest placement of a Botswana beauty queen since MpuleKwelagobe won Miss Universe 1999. "Emma Wareus - Miss Botswana". Archived from...
ancestry Thebe Kgositsile, American rapper, son of Keorapetse Kgositsile MpuleKwelagobe, former Miss Universe Gail Nkoane Mabalane, South African actress,...
Universe Botswana. After rumors that MpuleKwelagobe took over the Miss Universe Botswana franchise in 2019, Kwelagobe denied the allegations. "This is not...
Hörbiger, German actress Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress MpuleKwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 Osleidys Menéndez, Cuban javelin thrower November...
the fourth African woman from the African continent to win following MpuleKwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana.[citation needed] In October 2011...
achievements Preceded by Brook Lee Miss Universe 1998 Succeeded by MpuleKwelagobe Preceded by Margot Bourgeois Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1998 Succeeded by...
Tobago. A record 84 nations were represented. The winner that year was MpuleKwelagobe of Botswana. This was also the first time that two women of African...
the fourth African woman from the African continent to win following MpuleKwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana. Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos (1997-2019)...
anti-apartheid activist Dipsy Selolwane (b. 1978), football player MpuleKwelagobe (b. 1979), Miss World Botswana 1997, Miss Universe Botswana 1999 and...
Archibald Mogwe – former Botswana foreign minister and former Ambassador. MpuleKwelagobe – investor, businesswoman, model and beauty queen from Gaborone, Botswana...
Quembo competed at Miss Universe 1999 reaching first Runner-up, with MpuleKwelagobe of Botswana winning the title. At the semi-finals, she reached second...
and the real estate was valued at over 800 million dollars. Born: MpuleKwelagobe, Botswana-born beauty pageant contestant who was Miss Universe in 1999...
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