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BIOGRAPHY

Paulina Malulu is a Namibian model and beauty queen who won the Miss National Youth Council of Namibia in 2010 and first runner up at the Miss Southern Africa International 20111 beauty pageant that was held in Ndola, Zambia. She also represented her country in Miss Freedom of the World in Prishtina, Kosovo, where she was awarded the title for Miss Bikini and a top 10 finalist.

Paulina’s interest in modelling and pageantry began in 2000 when she was crowned first princess at her primary school, People’s Primary School.

In 2006 she received her first overall win as Miss Windhoek Technical High School and later that year she was also crowned the 1st princess at the Miss Windhoek Show Grounds Beauty Contest. That was not all Paulina achieved in 2006, as she also made it to top 5 at Miss High School and top 25 at Miss Teen Namibia. All these pageants where held in her native country.

Malulu has featured in Namibian music videos and has worked with top photographers in Namibia including Sigi Kolbe and Paolo Schneider.

EDUCATION Paulina matriculated from the Windhoek Technical High school in 2007 and furthered her studies in health and skincare in neighbouring South Africa, Gauteng Province and obtained an international CIDESCO qualification in Health and Skincare.

MISS NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL

Upon returning home her bigger award came when she took part in Miss National Youth Council of Namibia (NYC) in 2010, where she was crowned as the overall winner. This prestigious title created the platform she had always seeked and with the support from the then Acting Secretary General ad current Executive Chairman, Mandela Kapere and the founder of the Miss Heritage World Pageant, Venancious Rukero, she was given the opportunity to get involved in youth matters and holds the title for being the first and so far the only Miss NYC to fully utilise her title. During her reign she held fundraising activities for charity and was a guest speaker at various national events including the My Zone booklet launch and the UN day celebrations.

Paulina became ad remais an active participator at youth meetings and activities and was nominated by the National Youth Council and the Ministry of Youth to be the first Namibian representative at the African Youth Forum (AYF), a side event to the annual African Union (AU) heads of state conference. This forum held in Entebbe, Uganda, West Africa and covered issues on maternal and child health in Africa was made possible by UNICEF. At the end of this forum she was democratically elected by the 113 youth present to represent the outcomes of the forum at the First Ladies Conference in Kampala Uganda later that same month. This outcome show cases Paulina’s leadership skills and ability to stand out. During the same year in 2010, Paulina became a contestant at Namibia’s Next Top Model where she made it to top 10.

MISS PALM

On the first of January 2011, Paulina Malulu was crowned Miss Palm 2011 and even after her reign as Miss NYC was over, Paulina remains active with the Miss National Youth Council as a volunteer and mentor for the reigning beauties. While remaining interested in youth matters, in April she was nominated by UNAIDS to represent Namibia in Mali at the Global Aids Summit in Bamako, Mali, West Africa.

MISS SOUTHERN AFRICA INTERNATIONAL

With her Miss Palm title, she was able to represent Namibia at the Miss Southern Africa International Beauty contest which was held in Ndola, Zambia, June 2011 where she emerged as Southern Africa’s first princess. With this new title she travelled to Kosova in November to represent Namibia and Africa at large, at the Miss Freedom of the World beauty pageant where she emerged as Miss Bikini, Miss Freedom of the World Africa and top 10.

WORK

As a young woman in business, she was awarded as the best young woman entrepreneur for the year 2012, at the annual National Youth Enterprise for her business Dingi Beauty and Grooming.

ADVOCACY

Miss Paulina Malulu has two active projects under her community programme which she began in 2010 after being crowned Miss NYC 2010. These projects are aimed at supporting Orphans and vulnerable children and children living with and affected by disabilities at the Bright Future After School Programme in Ongwediva.

Her programme aims to create a platform for young beautiful woman sharing their talents and the significant contributions they can make as they plough back into their communities. Her believe is that any title small or big can make a contribution to society and that beauty queens have the potential to be heard and are able to contribute to society when given the platform. Her programme covers three main issues of health, education and environment and the members are able to be active participators by establishing their own project’s to complement the programme activities.