Miss Tourism Ethiopia Dina Fekadu Mosissa is counting the hours to Monday, when she will be released from quarantine and joins the Miss Tourism 2005 pageant in Miri.

The 21-year-old university student has been at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport quarantine centre since Wednesday, when she entered the country without a yellow fever vaccination certificate.

“She will be released from quarantine at midnight on Sunday, but will remain inside the centre until her flight to Miri on Monday afternoon,” said Selvam Shanmugam, a lawyer acting on behalf of the pageant organisers.

Dina: Will fly to Miri on Monday afternoon

“She’s still keen to join the pageant. I have spoken to her a couple of times and she is well.

“Her only comment is that she is feeling bored, but otherwise she finds the hospitality shown to her very good.”

Selvam said Health Ministry officials had been very courteous in dealing with Mosissa and with the contest organisers.