Miss Tourism- Ethiopia 2005 Dina Fekadu has triumphed over adversity by being crowned Miss Goodwill 2005 at the Miss Tourism Intercontinental contest held in Malaysia last Saturday, Despite the unfortunate circumstances that prevented her from participating on a level playing field with the other 30 contestants for the ultimate title of Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2005

Dina Fekadu, who was crowned Miss Tourism-Ethiopia at the 2005 Miss Universe-Ethiopia pageant in March was attending her first international pageant and proudly represented her country to the best of her ability and is a testament to her positive attitude and dogged determination that despite the setbacks she face she was still able to win a title, one can only speculate as to what the final result would have been if she were not excluded from the many pre judging’s.

Dina Fekadu fly’s back to Addis Ababa and can proudly hold her head high in the knowledge that she did a great job for Ethiopia, Dina now gets a few weeks rest and immediately stars her preparations for her debut at Miss International 2005 being held in Tokyo Japan at the 2005 World EXPO in September,

Miss International is the 4 biggest beauty pageant in the world, and the Ethiopian life foundation which owns the licence for Ethiopia is very optimistic about her chances at the contests this year. more so because the pageant is being organised in conjunction with the 2005 Expo in Japan and is a wonderful chance to show Ethiopia’s culture to the world again.

Dina has shown that a positive mental attitude is also required to win international contests, not just good looks alone, and she is an example to all young Ethiopians the world over who dream of representing Ethiopia in any international event, she never forgot her duty, and that she was representing her country, and represented Ethiopia very well.

Dina follows the continued success for our young Ethiopian models and beauty queens who have under the exclusive sponsorship and guidance of the Ethiopian life foundation and it President Mr Andy, proudly represented Ethiopia at several international Tourism events this year.

Keabnensh Girms is currently MISS TOURISM AFRICA 2005 winning in Greece at the 2005 Miss Tourism Planet contest last month.

Fethiya Mohammed { crowned “Miss Nations 2005” at the 2005 Miss Universe-Ethiopia pageant} is currently BEST AFRICAN QUEEN from the Miss Tourism queen international held in China also last month,

And Dina Fekadu, is now MISS GOODWILL 2005

Winning 3 titles at 3 International Tourism events in 2 months for Ethiopia is proof positive that one person can make a difference to Ethiopia’s international image and this can only be positive for Ethiopia’s International image and highlights the serious need for joint cooperation and support from the various bodies tasked with promoting Tourism in Ethiopia.