Miriam Odemba Biography
Miriam Odemba is a Tanzanian model. She started her modeling career at an early age and gained fame when she won the Miss Temeke title in 1997. The following year at age of 15 she took part at Miss East Africa 1998 and in the modeling competition M-Net Face of Africa 1998 becoming a runner up
Miriam Odemba Age
Odemba was born on February 19, 1983, Tanzania, Africa. She is age 36 years old as of 2019.
Miriam Odemba Husband
Miriam Odemba fiancee is Laurent who she met while traveling in Hong Kong. They have a daughter Iris.
Miriam Odemba Net Worth/Salary
Odemba a Tanzanian model is earning a good salary and luxuries. However, the exactly estimated net worth as of 2019is not yet revealed but soon will be updated.
Miriam Odemba Career in Modelling
In 1997 at the age of 14, Miriam Odemba competed in a local beauty pageant ‘Miss Temeke’ and she emerged the winner. She went on to compete nationally for the Miss Tanzania crown but ended up in the Top 10 and was not able to win the crown.
In 1998 at the age of 15 years, she took part in Miss East Africa. At the end of 1998, she took part in an
African regional model search – Mnet Face of Africa and became one of the runners up.
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In 1999 at the age of 16, she was selected as Elite Model Look Tanzania and competed at Elite Model
Look 1999 in Nice, France placing among the Top 17 and also got an exclusive contract with Elite Model Management in New York City. However, due to personal problems and the sudden loss of her manager Amina Mongi, her contract with Elite ended without implementation.
In 2001 she took part in the Miss Kite beauty pageant in 2001 but she didn’t. She launched her
modeling career in Europe and Asia.
Miriam Odemba- Miss Earth 2008
In 2008 she was crowned ‘Miss Earth Air’. She was announced as one of the sixteen semi-finalists in
the final competition who would move forward to compete for the title. She achieved one of the eight
highest scores in the swimsuit competition for her stage chops, which advanced her as one of the top
eight finalists to participate in the evening gown competition. She then pulled away for the lead as
she articulated in her video interview about environmental concerns as a key issue in her country, in which she advanced to the top four.
In the last round, the court of four was asked one question, “What would you tell US president-elect
Barack Obama about the state of the global environment if ever you were to meet him?” She placed the second-highest score in the interview round and at the conclusion of the competition, she was crowned Miss Earth Air.
Odemba Awards
Odemba won Miss Aficionado, a minor award. She returned home on November 24 to her country, Tanzania. Maria, her national director and whose company named Odemba as the country’s envoy to the Miss Earth global pageant, welcomed her and prepared a tumultuous homecoming with a parade and press conference for winning Miss Earth Air 2008.
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Miriam Odemba wedding Photo