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Lisa said she was happy to represent Zimbabwe at the event.
“I am not going there to represent myself but the entire nation and I hope to do my best,” she said.
She will be flying to China courtesy of a sponsorship package from Air Zimbabwe.
Her counterpart, the reigning Miss Zimbabwe Malaika Mushandu is already in London for the 60th anniversary of the Miss World pageant.
Malaika is now in camp with a host of other contestants as this year’s event returns to London, the place where it all began.
In a telephone interview, Malaika, who was accompanied by her mother aboard Air Zimbabwe, said she was excited about taking part in the event.
She also promised to represent Zimbabwe’s culture and its people well.
Malaika recently received a boost from the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and TN Bank among other big sponsors.
Malaika did well with her beauty with a purpose project, which provided clean water to communities and villages in some parts of Zimbabwe.
The Miss World contest started in 1951 during the festival of Britain on the South Bank of the River Thames when it aimed at finding the most beautiful women, judged by celebrities of the day Sir John Mills, Dame Gracie Fields and Bob Hope.
This year, over half of the Miss World 2011 participants are undergraduates at various universities their countries, while one in every four have already graduated and the bulk of them speak three of more languages.
The first Miss World, Kiki Hakansson from Sweden, was chosen from 26 contestants and received a cheque for 1 000 pounds.
Now 60 years on, the star-studded 2011 Miss World finals will bring together representatives from a record 122 countries, celebrity judges, former Miss Worlds and top entertainers which will be broadcast live to over 150 countries with a global audience of over 1 billion viewers.
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