Former Poultry Farmer Crowned as Miss Uganda

To promote agriculture in the east African nation, a former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant. Leah Kalanguka, 23, beat off 19 other finalists after a competition that saw the glamour of the catwalk ditched for an army-sponsored boot camp on a farm, where contestants had to milk cows and work with goats and sheep. "The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in ...