She is famously known as a Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania. Her name is Tausi Likokola, one of the most successful international models that Tanzania has ever produced. In her modeling career, she has graced the catwalk stages of international shows and showcased some of the most renowned labels such as Gucci, Escada, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, Issey Miyake and many more.
However, Tausi is not just a model or a Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania. She is an activist, an author and a mother. She is the founder of the not-for-profit organization, Tausi AIDS Fund, which supports prevention and awareness programs against HIV/AIDS in Africa. It is actually her efforts to support prevention and awareness of HIV/AIDS in Africa that landed her the title of a Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania as a recognition and encouragement from the Government of Tanzania.
Recently, Tausi added yet another book in her list of books that she has authored. Her most recent book is titled The Touch of An Angel. About this book, Tausi says; “This is the closest and most private part of my life. This is my story of loss and how I am reconciling that loss. This is a memoir of my angel, AMANI. It is a story of life’s joy and pain”.
I recently caught up with Tausi to talk about her new book and also a couple of other things. Here is the interview;
BC: Congratulations for the launch of your latest book, The Touch of An Angel and welcome to BongoCelebrity.com. How are you doing today?
Tausi: Doing very well, thank you for all your support over the years.
BC: When did you decide to write a The Touch of an Angel? Did you have any particular reason for starting to write at that very moment?
Tausi: I have been writing as long as I can remember and always expressed myself through writing….likewise with this book….I was working my feeling and emotions through my writing. I started writing the book in Japan in 2005 following the death of my first born “Amani”….this book is on the incident that unfolded during that time.
BC: How was your writing process like? Did you have to get up early morning everyday to write or how did it go? (more…)
Hatimaye mrembo wa Miss Universe Tanzania 2010/11 amepatikana. Ni mrembo Hellen Dausen(pichani) mwenye umri wa miaka ishirini na tatu (23) kutoka mkoani Arusha.Nafasi ya pili ilikwenda kwa Rose Shayo kutokea Dodoma wakati ya tatu ilikwenda kwa Mwajuma Juma kutokea Mwanza.
Pichani ni Hellen akipunga mkono baada ya kutwaa taji la umalkia huo nchini katika ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar usiku wa kuamkia jana.Hongera Hellen.
Picha kwa hisani ya Mrocky.
If you try to dig the history books of the Tanzanian world of Fashion and Beauty, you will most likely come across the name Linda Bezuidenhout. She is one of first enthusiasts of fashion and beauty in Tanzania. I am talking about the days when she owned a once most famous beauty salon in Dar-es-salaam(Lamia Salon) to the days when she used to be the official beautician for the beauties of Miss Tanzania Beauty Pageant.
Married with three kids,she now lives in Georgia,USA where she continues to follow her passion of fashion,clothing and beauty in a little bit different way.She is now an even more serious entrepreneur.She recently caught up with our sisters of Fashion Junkii for a candid interview. Click here to read it all.
Mwanamitindo maarufu ulimwenguni,Naomi Campbell,yaelekea akaingia matatani tena kwani hivi sasa polisi wa jijini New York nchini Marekani,wanamsaka!
Naomi,ambaye mwaka jana alitua nchini Tanzania na kushiriki katika onyesho la hisani kwa ajili ya akina mama, safari hii anatafutwa akikabiliwa na shutuma za kumchapa vibao dereva wake huko New York.
Mwanamitindo huyo ambaye inasemekana ni mpenda ugomvi sio mgeni na vyombo vya usalama.Siku za nyuma amekwisha kutwa na hatia ya kumpiga mfanyakazi wake wa ndani jijini New York, kumpa kibano msaidizi wake jijini Toronto na pia kumwangushia kisago polisi ndani ya ndege katika uwanja wa ndege wa Heathrow jijini London.Katika makosa yote hayo hapo juu,Naomi alikiri makosa yake na alihukumiwa kufanya kazi za kijamii(community services) kwa masaa zaidi ya 200.Kazi kweli kweli.Hivi kwanini kuna baadhi ya watu huwa wanadhani wanayo haki ya kuwaadhibisha watu wengine kiholela tu?Ni matunzo,jamii au?
NB:Hivi unajua Naomi Campbell alipokuwa mdogo alishiriki katika video ya Mfalme wa Reggae,Bob Marley katika wimbo One Love? Mtizame katika video hiyo hapo chini.Alikuwa na umri wa miaka 7 tu na hiyo ndio ilikuwa mara yake ya kwanza kuwa katika spotlight.
Visura 12 wa M-Net wanaowania nafasi ya kuchuana kwenye fainali za kumtafuta kisura wa Africa(M-Net Face of Africa) zitakazofanyika katika jiji la Lagos, Nigeria, Februari 6, 2010.
Ijumaa hii katika ukumbi wa Mlimani City,ni kivumbi na jasho.Mrembo wa Afrika Mashariki atakuwa akitafutwa. Zawadi kuu ni Toyota Celica Sports kama inavyoonekana pichani juu na huku warembo wanaowania taji hilo wakiwa wamelizunguka.
Nani atalinyakua gari hilo?Hilo ndilo swali la msingi. Kwa picha zaidi za warembo hao,na habari zaidi kuhusu tukio hili,bonyeza hapa.
Warembo wanaoshiriki katika mashindano ya kimataifa ya urembo ya Miss East Africa 2009 wataanza kuwasili nchini wiki hii(au wameshaanza kuwasili) tayari kwa mashindano hayo yanayotarajiwa kufanyika tarehe 18 mwezi wa 12 katika ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es salaam.
Aidha, warembo watakaoiwakilisha Tanzania katika mashindano hayo wanatarajiwa kutangazwa kesho kutwa baada ya kamati maalumu iliyopewa jukumu la kuratibu zoezi hilo kukamilisha kazi yake.
Mashindano ya Miss East Africa mwaka huu yanatarajiwa kuwa na mvuto wa aina yake kutokana na Nchi zinazoshiriki mashindano hayo kuchagua warembo wenye viwango vya hali ya juu ili kuziwakilisha katika mashindano ya mwaka huu
Miss East Africa 2009 itashirikisha warembo kutoka katika Nchi za Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, na Mauritius ambazo zote zimeshathibitisha ushiriki wao.
Mashindano hayo makubwa ya urembo kwa ukanda huu wa Africa yanaandaliwa na kumilikiwa na kampuni ya Rena Events Limited ya jijini Dar es salaam.
Miongoni mwa makampuni yanayodhamini mashindano hayo kwa mwaka huu ni pamoja na Kunduchi Beach Hotel & Resort, EATV, Kings & Queens Worldwide, CMC Automobiles Limited na AKO Catering Services Ltd.
Hizi hapa chini ni picha,majina na umri wa baadhi ya washiriki wa mashindano hayo.
Rebecca Getachew (23) Ethiopia,
Asli Osman Mahamud(20)-Somalia
Fatma Abdilahi (18)-Somalia
Dalysha Nirena Doorga (21)-Mauritius
Tabitha(20)-Kenya
Queen Belle Monique (23)-Burundi
If you are into fashion,you gotta watch Sheria Ngowi.Click Here.
INTRODUCING ELITE MODEL LOOK -TANZANIA
Compass Communications Company Limited introduces the largest and most prestigious modeling international competition in the world – Elite Model Look. Compass Communications Company Ltd is an independent TV production company that produces various TV programs and also is the organizer of Miss Universe Tanzania and other beauty pageant titles like Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Tourism Queen International in Tanzania. The company has now branched out into a more specialized part of the industry namely professional modeling.
Elite Model Look contest was created in 1983 under the name Look of the Year. Elite Model Look competition is the largest model contest of its kind. This contest has become one of the most prestigious springboards for talents into the modeling industry. Up to now Elite Model Management is present in 5 continents and it represents more than 2,000 (Two Thousand) models internationally.
Each year, the Elite Model Look competition sees over 350,000 contestants attend regional and national castings that take place in more than 55 different countries, with at least one contestant of each country participating in the main event – the World Final..
The competition is made of several steps. Thus, through an intensive and rigorous selection process, which drives them from regional castings to national finals, at least one local contestant of each country gets a chance to participate in the World Final. Here in Tanzania Compass Communications will hold local auditions in Dar-Es-Salaam : where all applying contestants will be narrowed down to 10 to 15 semifinalists. No final event will be held this year in Tanzania and the 10 – 15 semifinalists will then be judged by a panel of judges including a representative from Elite Model Look headquarters in Paris, France, in order to find the Tanzanian model who will represent Tanzania in the World Finals in October in Sanya, China.
All girls are invited to make their dreams come true by participating in auditions of Elite Model Look Tanzania. The auditions are open to strictly girls aged 14 to 20 years, with the minimum height of 172 cm. The winner will be selected to meet the fast changing trends and needs of the fashion industry. She will be chosen based on photogenic quality, personality and natural beauty. From the approximately 70 finalists at the World Finals, 15 are chosen by an international panel of judges and they all sign an exclusive contract with Elite Model management. And out of the 15 luck ones, 3 are voted as winners. The top 3 winners will share a guaranteed remuneration of 325,000 USD in total as modeling contract.
This is the first time for Tanzania to hold the license and to select a finalist for Elite Model Look although in 1999 Miriam Odemba was selected and participated successfully in the Elite Model Look World Final in Nice, Paris through MNet Face of Africa.
For more information kindly contact Maria Sarungi Tsehai OR Mwanakombo Salim, Compass Communications, Tel: (022) 2182405, 2182596 Mob: 0784 305122
Mrembo ambaye ataiwakilisha Tanzania katika shindano la mwaka huu la Miss Universe,Illuminata James Wize amekwisha wasili huko visiwani Bahamas akiwa tayari kabisa kwa shindano hilo zito ambalo mwaka huu linafanyika hapo Bahamas tarehe 23 August(mwezi huu).
Shindano hilo linatarajiwa kurushwa moja kwa moja(live) katika kituo cha televisheni cha NBC siku hiyo saa tatu usiku (9.00pm) kwa saa za East Standard Time(US).
Kura za mtandaoni bado zinaendelea na unaombwa kuendelea kumpigia kura Illuminata.Bonyeza hapa ili kufanya hivyo. Hizi hapa ni baadhi ya picha za Illuminata akiwa huko Bahamas.
Illuminata akiwa na warembo wenzake wanaoshiriki shindano la mwaka huu wakiwa mitaani huko Bahamas.
Illuminata na warembo wengine walipotembelea hotel na mgahawa maarufu wa Graycliff huko Bahamas.
First Photo/MissUniverse.com