Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences student, Courtney Tadiwanashe Jongwe will represent Zimbabwe at the 2023 Miss Earth pageant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Courtney is studying Chemical and Processing Engineering and she is a passionate environmental advocate focusing on addressing Climate Action through the Sustainable Development Goal of United Nations. Her advocacy efforts are centralised on taking action through solutions addressing plastic pollution.

In her advocacy journey, she has managed to host awareness campaigns, environmental conferences including community training programs to promote responsive measures towards environment management.

Earlier she was crowned the 1^st Runner Up at Miss Environment Zimbabwe which consisted of 12 contestants.

Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environment awareness, conservation and social responsibility.

It is also one of the Big Four International beauty pageants alongside Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss International.

We congratulate Courtney for representing Zimbabwe!!