Andella Matthews is 21 year-old sports fitness student from Ndola, the commercial capital city of Zambia. She loves travelling and martial arts. Aside from the 2009 Miss Zambia title she also won the “Miss Charm” award.

Andella is Miss Zambia UK 2008 last October 24, 2008 at the TROXY in London.

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2008 Miss Zambia Winfridah Mofu - photo from www.misszambia.org

Since internet and mobile texting is the fast and the widely used medium to interact with other people today, the 2009 Miss Zambia pageant will based on the number of online votes and the number of text votes. Text votes is open for Zambia and UK residence and those who are located outside Zambia and UK can vote online at www.missuniversezambia.com.

For Zambia
text MUZ followed by candidate number and send to 44204
For UK
text MUZ followed by candidate number and send to 88010

14 candidates will compete for this year’s competition. These pretty candidates of Zambia will be judged according to their 5 video interview questions, 5 writen questions, and 1 full body shot wearing their gowns of their choice.

Every week, there will be an elimination round and the winners for that round will be announced.

Miss Zambia 2009 winner will be posted here – 2009 Miss Zambia, on April 30, 2009.

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• Miss Universe 2009 Live
• Miss Universe 2009 Winners
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