Miss Heritage 2014 was the second Miss Heritage pageant, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 20, 2014.
Shequera Grace King of The Bahamas crowned Odessa Mae Tadaya of the Philippines at the end of the event.
Results Placements Placement ContestantMiss Heritage 2014 – Odessa Mae Tadaya 1st Runner-Up – Anna La Borde 2nd Runner-Up – Katlego Gaotsenelelwe 3rd Runner-Up – Kgomotso Pilane 4th Runner-Up – Jennifer Hunt Top 8 – Zina Asiedu – Avneet Kaur Arora – Andrea Zenteno
Continental Queens Continent Contestant Miss Heritage Africa – Zina Asiedu Miss Heritage Asia – Avneet Kaur Arora Miss Heritage Europe – Jennifer Den Haese Miss Heritage North America – Andrea Zenteno Miss Heritage South America – Maria Jose Otavalo
Contestants
Country Contestant Age Hometown Nassima Marwa Aid 23 Algeria Sofia Pomo 21 Argentina Jennifer Hunt 25 New South WalesFatimatu Zohra Etisha 20 Dhaka Jessel Lauriano 26 Belize Jennifer Den Haese Belgium Katlego Gaotsenelelwe 20 Gaborone Iana Fedoseeva 20 Tula Florence Épée Ngasse 21 Yaounde Mishela Batista 27 Canary Islands Skrylkova Ekaterina 20 Tula Maria Jose Otavalo Quizhpe 18 Cuenca Genet Tsegay 23 Addis Ababa Zina Asiedu 26 AccraAnaïs Modeste 18 Trois-RivièresUnnur Zodiak 18 ReykjavíkAvneet Kaur Arora 19 New Delhi Rakhmi Wijiharti 21 SemarangOlga Matsyana 24 RomeReine Victoire Aka 21 AbidjanRannat Aitalieva 25 KyrgyzstanMirna Olleik 28 Beirut Dona Charun 21 Port LouisAndrea Zenteno Chiapas Saloua Bouchaib 28 MarrakeshMagdelena Weef Geaorge 20 WindhoekPaige Thiyagarajah 21 AucklandJoyce Jansen NetherlandsKehinde Mojisola 22 LagosNatalia Janoszek 24 Bielsko-Biała Raquel Fonte 22 Lisbon Odessa Mae Tadaya 18 Guimba Burca Monica 27 Bucharest Kristina Kuzovnikova 20 TulaMarlene Mutoniwase 22 Kigali Laura Illanas 21 Spain Anna La Borde 25 Kingstown Kgomotso Caroline Angel Pilane Phumzile Thwala 23 Mbabane Michelle Cooper 20 San Diego Aiysha Nagudi 26 Kampala Pearlynn Dang 18 California Tina Shinga 22 Lusaka Tendai Rukwava 25 Harare
Crowned Queens at national pageants
Miss Heritage Rwanda, Marlene Mutoniwase was crowned on 20 February at the Miss Rwanda Pageant .
Miss Heritage Swaziland, Phumzile Thwala was crowned in September 2013.
Miss Heritage Philippines, Odessa Mae Tadaya was crowned as the official delegate for Philippines for Miss Heritage 2014.
Miss Heritage India, Avneet Kaur Arora was crowned as the official delegate of India for Miss Heritage 2014.
Heritage Championship events
Ludo-diversity Queen Ludo Diversity means diversity in games, of all sorts, physical and non physical. Contestants engage into traditional games, from different countries. Traditional games are part of intangible heritage and a symbol of the cultural diversity in the world. They are medium to project and show the great values of solidarity, diversity, inclusiveness and cultural awareness.
Game 1- Iintonga is a South African ancient Indigenous Game.
This game is an ancient game that has been practiced for many centuries in South Africa Two fighters go into a ring. Each contestant will be having two plastic form rubber sticks, the attack and the defense stick. The referee blows a whistle to start the game and the fighters try to hit their opponent with their stick, while defending themselves with the defense stick. Points are given due to number of blows that hit the fighter's body. A referee controls the match and a timekeeper controls the rounds in each bout. A bout consists of three rounds of one minute each.
Result Contestant Winner – Marlene Mutoniwase 1st runner-up – Maria José Otavalo 2nd runner-up – Avneet Kaur Arora
Heritage Cuisine Queen
This competition is a Gift performance show, i.e. Talent in layman's terms. It is based on gifts/talents that are Traditional, Heritage themed depending per country. So each contestant shows off her country's culture through the heritage performance. Contestants shall also be put into two groups’ whereby they are required to produce a 5-minute Drama /Play per group which Portrays World Heritage related Issues.
Winner - Joyce Jansen
1st runner up -Avneet Kaur Arora
2nd runner up -Jennifer Hunt
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