Rosemary Salmon
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Rosemary Salmon was the first and youngest woman to be crowned Miss Uganda on 5 November 1967.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and also the first Ugandan to participate in an International beauty pageant.[6][8][10][11] She was a Ugandan of British descent.[13][9][1][5]
Personal life and education
[edit]Rosemary was a student at Makerere University.[4] She is the grand mother of Sharon Angella Nalukenge Salmon alias Sharon O.[8][3][1][5]
Career
[edit]Rosemary was crowned Miss Uganda on 5 November 1967[10] at Apollo Hotel which is now known as Sheraton Kampala Hotel by the 1966 Miss World, Reina Faria who was from India.She was among the six African entrants at the 1967 Miss World beauty pageant at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, a competition that was won by Madeleine Hartog of Peru on 16 November 1967[11][8][14][10] The six African contents came from Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.[14][10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Here is the first Miss Uganda". New Vision. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Beauty Queens since independence". New Vision. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b ""Ronnie Mulindwa had better do something before I do 'a Rema'!"". The Observer – Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Interim Miss Uganda To Take On Title Until Situation Normalises. – Organisers – 97.7 Record FM Uganda". 8 June 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Batte, Edgar. "Queens: Miss Uganda winners over years – Sqoop – Get Uganda entertainment news, celebrity gossip, videos and photos". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Miss Uganda". www.missuganda.co.ug. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ ""Ronnie Mulindwa had better do something before I do 'a Rema'!"". The observer. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d Team, SatisfashionUG (26 July 2019). "[Photos]: Meet All The Miss Uganda Winners Since 1967". SatisFashion Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ a b admin (24 March 2023). "Hannah Karema crowned Miss Uganda 2023/ 2024". The Pearl. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Miss World 1967". MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Eazzycom. "See the first-ever beauty queens from Africa". www.missnews.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Tooro's Leah Kagasa Set To Hand Over Miss Uganda Crown". ChimpReports. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "NTV Uganda". NTV Uganda. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b Essah, Doris S. (2008). FASHIONING THE NATION: HAIRDRESSING, PROFESSIONALISM AND THE PERFORMANCE OF GENDER IN GHANA, 1900–2006 (PDF). The University of Michigan. pp. 153–154.
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