Miss East Africa yatangiye nk’igitekerezo cyo guhuza abakobwa bo mu Karere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba mu rugendo rwo guteza imbere umuco n’ubuyobozi bw’abakobwa, mu gihe cy’imyaka ya mbere y’itangizwa ryayo. Muri icyo cyiciro cy’itangiriro, irushanwa ryibandaga cyane ku kwerekana ubwiza n’umuco w’ibihugu bitandukanye birimo Rwanda, Kenya na Uganda, rikaba ryarafashije iri rushanwa kumenyekana nk’urubuga rihuza abakobwa bo mu karere.
Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, Miss East Africa yagiye igenda yaguka igashyiramo igitekerezo cy’“ubwiza bufite intego”, aho abakobwa batangiye gusabwa kugaragaza imishinga y’iterambere igamije gukemura ibibazo byugarije imiryango yabo. Muri iki cyiciro, irushanwa ryarushijeho kwitabwaho n’itangazamakuru n’abafatanyabikorwa, rikaba ryarafashije abakobwa benshi kubona amahugurwa n’amahirwe yo kwagura ibikorwa byabo mu bihugu nka Tanzania, Burundi na Ethiopia.
Mu bihe bya vuba, Miss East Africa yakomeje kwiyubaka nk’urubuga rihuza ubwiza, ubuyobozi n’iterambere, aho hongerwa ibipimo byo gusuzuma abakobwa birimo ubumenyi ku bibazo by’akarere, ubushobozi bwo kuyobora n’uburyo bashobora gukoresha ikamba mu guteza imbere imishinga yabo. Abategura irushanwa bavuga ko muri iki cyiciro bashyira imbere gukoresha ikoranabuhanga, imbuga nkoranyambaga n’ubufatanye n’imiryango mpuzamahanga kugira ngo irushanwa rirusheho kugera kuri benshi.
Nubwo iri rushanwa rikomeje gufatwa nk’urubuga rw’iterambere ry’abakobwa, hari n’abasesenguzi bavuga ko rikwiye gukomeza kunozwa mu bijyanye no gukorera mu mucyo no kwirinda ko ryibandwaho gusa nk’irushanwa ry’ubwiza, ahubwo rigakomeza gushyira imbere uburenganzira, ubushobozi n’imishinga ifitiye sosiyete akamaro. Ibi bigaragaza ko Miss East Africa, mu rugendo rwayo rwo kuva mu ntangiriro zayo kugera mu bihe bya none, ikomeje kwihindura igamije guhuza ubwiza n’iterambere mu Karere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
