Miss TibetArchives: Press releases
No Miss Tibet Pageant 2012
I write with profound sadness for the tense situation in Tibet, as is evident from the 34 cases of self-immolation since March 2011: I have decided to forgo this year’s Miss Tibet Pageant. With the lives of many Tibetans at [...]
Miss Tibet Pageant 2012 — application opens
The Miss Tibet Pageant 2012 will be held in Dharamshala, India, from 8 to 10 June 2012. The application will be online from 1 December 2011 till the end of March 2012. The contestants will arrive in McLeod Ganj on [...]
Tenzin Yangkyi crowned Miss Tibet 2011
A seventeen-year-old lass from Geneva, Tenzin Yangkyi, was crowned Miss Tibet 2011 in a modest late-night finale show in McLeod Ganj. She received a cash prize of rupees 100,000.00 (2,200 USD approx) with the title. She said: “Miss Tibet can be the role model to spread mass awareness of Tibet’s cause.”
Tenth anniversary with six beautiful and brave contestants
The 10th anniversary of the Miss Tibet Pageant celebrates six beautiful and brave contestants hailing from India, Australia, Switzerland and the US. Chemi Lhazom, Dolma Tsering and Tenzin Sangmo are from India, Ngodup Dolma from Australia, Tenzin Yangkyi from Switzerland and Tenzin Khecheo from the United States.
