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Naomie Nishimwe is a Rwandan author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Rwanda 2020. She won the title on 22 February 2020 at the age of 21, and is known for her openness about faith, resilience and the person behind the title.
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"I didn’t want to be like these people: my best friend, love of my life, fiancé, and all that is common."
"Do not allow anyone to define who you are. Do not let anyone speak over your life."
"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine to be in this position."
"Who appointed you to control my life? My pregnancy is not a public project, my friend. Give us another story, please."
"People knew me as Miss Rwanda, but there was a Naomi before the crown, and after it."
"I came into this world doing things my way."
"Entering the contest was a leap of faith." I wasn’t sure how it would end, but I trusted God’s will. I registered, competed, and emerged victorious from 2,000 hopefuls, crowned Miss Rwanda.”
"God created me and knows that, among the things He gave me, patience was left out; I don't have patience in me..."
"...there was a Naomi before the crown, and after it."
"We all went through secondary school. There are people who got good grades and there are those who got bad ones... but God takes you through something so that you can learn from it or teach others."
There’s something we can all learn from each other’s lives
But I recognized myself in the descriptions, and I wanted to talk about it because awareness is a form of strength
Even with the little we had, they taught us to dream big
know what I’ve been through. I refused to let people who woke up on the wrong side of the bed write my story for me.
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