Uganda’s tourism minister is under-fire for suggesting the country should showcase its ‘curvy women’ to attract more visitors. Godfrey Kiwanda unveiled a new tourism campaign at a press conference attended by a bevy of curvaceous women in the African nation’s capital, Kampala. Part of the plan is to market Ugandan women in a beauty pageant, Miss Curvy Uganda, to be held in June. “Uganda is endowed with beautiful women. Their beauty is unique and diverse. That’s why we decided to use the unique beauty, the curves… to make this beauty a product to be marketed along with what we already have as a country ranging from nature, the language and food, to make it a tourist attraction,” Kiwanda told media. “The winner of the Miss Curvy contest was to be part of our tourism campaign brand using beauty as one other product of tourism.” Published in Daily Times, February 9th 2019.