Things are not going as planned for Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism in its campaign to showcase the east African country as the sanctuary for curvy women
In an embarrassing goof, the ministry decided its has no good-enough curvy women and picked Kenya’s media personality Grace Msalame as the official face of their Miss Curvy Uganda contest.
Ugandans have been left scratching their heads at the choice made by senior government officials.
In a strongly worded statement, Msalame dissociated herself from the campaign saying that she takes “great offense” that her image was being used to “propagate, disseminate and encourage the objectification of women.”
A move, she says, has “defamed her character, reputation and damaged her brand.”
She reiterated that her legal team is seized of the matter and is pursuing legal actions against the pageant adding that she will not be used to “violate, bully and sow division.”
Here is her statement in full.
Grace S Msalame@GraceMsalameThank you for the enlightenment
Legal is handling it.
Legal is handling it.Here is how social media reacted to the goof by Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism.
NasasiraArnold@NasasiraArnold
Now Uganda
#MissCurvyUganda model, @GraceMsalame is Kenyan, sincerely speaking how can someone foreign promote some thing Ugandan, may be it’s another scum to embezzling funds
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Albert MUCUNGUZI
@albertmuc
I think the most embarrassing news about the #MissCurvyUganda campaign is that the model, @GraceMsalame, is Kenyan.
Lynda Oriaso@LyndaOriaso
Using a Kenyan model? #MissCurvyUganda @MassaweJapanni
Wako Joel![🇺🇬]( "Flag of Uganda")
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@wakojoel
To all the #Ugandan ladies. #MissCurvyUganda is here. Do you have what it takes?
Using a Kenyan model? 
Pan~African@TEAMNASA_KEUgandans Though, a whole state minister launched #MissCurvyUganda Campaigns to promote tourism, what tourism? And went ahead to use a Kenya Curvy lady @GraceMsalame in their official campaign posters.
So Embarrassing, In Uganda there are Many ways of promoting Tourism.
Others were happy that she was the one being featured.
kelvin yumbya@KYumbyaIf you cant make it locally , import it .
Songok Abbigael@SongokAbbigaelI have seen a lot of Ug girls with the same package but anyways, we can share lol
Sagzy@01SagzyBut Ugandans
always cutting corners to avoid paying for simple simple things
Osbert Mwijukye@OsbertMwijukyeThat is right, Albert, because using a Ugandan model would bias the competition, the model too would want to compete.
Berryndumisoyiproblem@Berryndumisoyi1
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