President meets with Miss Seychelles 2015 and the runner up Princesses.
Tue, 16 June 2015 | Gender
President James Michel met the recently crowned Miss Seychelles 2015, Linne Freminot, this morning at State House. The first and second princesses, Petra Richard and Geneviève René, respectively, accompanied the Seychelles beauty queen to the meeting with the President.
The President expressed his congratulations to all three ladies and expressed words of encouragement for Ms Freminot who will be representing Seychelles at the upcoming Miss World Beauty Pageant, to be hosted by the People’s Republic of China in the city of Sanya on December 19th. During the meeting, the pageant winners shared their hopes and projects with the President for the coming year.
“You have done our country extremely proud and you will most certainly hoist our nation’s flag up high in the upcoming Miss World Pageant later this year. Miss Seychelles is more than a pageant that portrays the exterior beauty of the contestants. All three of you have shown that you also radiate inner beauty, which is just as important. I wish you all the success you deserve having worked so hard,” said President Michel.
Miss Seychelles, Linne Freminot expressed her will to President Michel to establish a project in Seychelles, whereby children with incarcerated parents are supported and a playground area in the vicinity of the prison is created so that the children and their parents can meet in an environment more conducive to their children’s development.
Having listened to the Pageant winners, President Michel said “women have changed Seychelles and in turn are changing the world for the better. I have just returned form the African Union Summit where I delivered the message that women are the governing force in our societies and are essential for our development trajectory. I see in all three of you driven, headstrong, intelligent and beautiful women prepared to add to this development.”
Also present at the meeting was Minister for Tourism and Culture, Mr. Alain St Ange and the Chief Executive Officer of the Seychelles Tourism Board, Ms Sherin Naiken.