Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff
Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
New York (Tadias) – Melat Woldesenbet Yante, who was crowned last month “Ethiopia’s Top Model 2009”, will represent her country at the 58th annual Miss Universe pageant at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009.
The glamorous annual event, a joint venture between Donald J. Trump and NBC Universal, features contestants from more than 80 countries and will be televised live on NBC and Telemundo.
“The people of The Bahamas are very proud and excited at the opportunity to host some of the most beautiful people in the universe in some of the most beautiful islands in the universe,” said The Bahamas’ Minister of Tourism & Aviation, Senator Hon. Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace. “This feels like the perfect match. We look forward to showcasing the hospitality of our people, the clarity of our waters, the vibrancy of our music, dance, food and spirit.”
Melat Yante will represent Ethiopia at Miss Universe 2009
Melat, 19, who attends the Italian School in Addis Ababa and speaks three languages (Amharic, Italian, English), is also the reigning Miss Ethiopia Universe 2009.
During the closing ceremonies on August 23rd, the current Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, will hand the crown to the new winner, who will go on to serve as an ambassador on women’s health and reproductive issues.
We wish Ethiopia’s delegate in the Miss Universe 2009 Pageant all the best.
miss lady is a queen…
She is gifted, not many people can speak 3 languages. I hope she can make it to the top.
She is definitely pretty, but I’m concerned about her figure. She looks too thin and that will likely work against her in the swimsuit competition. I hope she can crack the top 15.
Hm and just where and when did this contest take place? Just a hand picked girl selected in secret to represent us @ Miss univerese what happened to the grand shows every country has to do to sellect their winner
And does she really stand a chance? she is actually apparently a 24 year old model who lives in Canada not the 19 year old “High school” student it is claimed she is
She needs to concentrate on her education if at 19 she is still in high school according to her handlers
a round of applause for those who helped her got to the Miss Universe event in Bahamas they have done a tremendous job … I hope she will make it to the Top … Go Melat !
Vote for Melat till Aug 21, 2009 in this site cause she deserves it
Voting site
http://www.nbc.com/miss-universe
Good Luck to Her
Melat is very pretty and she has a lovely complexion
Wow, I like her skin tone, she looks so beautiful.
she’s tha sweetest lookin,finest thang out there and she shoulda won u got my vote baybee
oh very pretty. i expect her in top 5.
to skinny and look sick to me to when
people people 19 and high school student winning Miss Universe pageant and bee the ambassador on women’s health and reproductive issues???????????????????? wow
she is very pretty.