Nelly Kamwelu

Nelly has featured in Music Videos of Tanzanian Musicians and also recorded a song Say it to my face before her departure for Miss Universe 2011. The song was released on YouTube while she was participating in the beauty contest in São Paulo, Brazil.

She also represented Tanzania in Miss International 2011 which was held in China and Miss Earth 2011 in Manila, Philippines but did not place in both.

Finally she represented her country in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 which was held in Xian, China where she ended up as the 4th runner up.

Kamwelu won the fifth edition of the Miss Universe Tanzania pageant in May 2011. and represented her country in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil. Although she didn't place but grabbed attention with her National Costume which received a lot of positive reaction.

Nelly replaced the Second-Runner-up of Miss Universe Tanzania to participate in Miss International 2011 and also replaced the First-runner-up upon returning to her country from Chengdu, China to represent Tanzania in Miss Earth 2011.

Towards the end of the year she was elected to represent Tanzania in Miss Tourism Queen International2011.

At the end of year (2011), Nelly went ahead to compete in Miss Tourism Queen International2011 and became her country's first contestant to have shined in the pageant by taking the 5th position in the finals.

Kamwelu was born to a Tanzanian Father and a Russian Mother. She started participating in regional beauty contests in 2008 and finally ended up as a second runner up in Miss Ilala 2008 after which she was able to participate in Miss Tanzania the same year but was unplaced.

Nelly Alexandra Kamwelu (born 1993) is a Tanzanian model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe Tanzania and Miss Southern Africa International titles in 2011.She represented her country in Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil, Miss International 2011 in China, Miss Earth 2011 in Manila, Philippines, and Miss Tourism Queen International in China.