Former farmer crowned as new Miss Uganda

A former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, which saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot camp on a farm. Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition that is now designed to promote agriculture in the east African nation. Besides having to field questions on farming on stage, contestants also had to milk cows and work with goats.‘The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty. Right now, farming is mostly done by elderly women,’ Kalanguka, wearing a gold dress, tiara and a sash, said during awards ceremony.