The pageant
Miss Ronde Cameroun celebrates the Manga Queen, the full-figured Cameroonian woman. A beauty pageant, and above all a support programme created in 2012.
Our mission
Miss Ronde Cameroun is not only a beauty pageant but, above all, a support programme for full-figured women, working against obesity and encouraging their development.
Created in 2012 at the initiative of Mrs Dorette Bouwe Ndjiele, it offers a platform of expression to the full-figured woman and restores confidence to those too often ignored when female beauty is discussed.
Beauty without borders
The association
Created in 2012, the Miss Ronde Cameroun pageant has been run since 2016 by the Association Femme Ronde et Belle Cameroun, a registered association.
The Association Femme Ronde et Belle Cameroun is governed by Law No. 90/053 of December 19, 1990 on freedom of association. Declaration receipt No. 00001229/RDA/J06/SAAJP/BAPP, Mfoundi Prefecture, October 18, 2016. Head office: Yaoundé, Cameroon — P.O. Box 20573 Yaoundé. President and founder: Mrs Dorette Bouwe Ndjiele.
The trade name “Miss Ronde et Belle Cameroun” is registered with OAPI under No. 131361 (filed on 15/09/2016). The association is registered as an artistic and cultural organisation with the Ministry of Arts and Culture, Centre Regional Delegation, under No. 0745 (2017).
The 11th edition of Miss Ronde Cameroun runs from December 29, 2026 to January 30, 2027, sponsored by the Ministry of Arts and Culture, around the theme “Beauty, Dignity and Autonomy: the Full-Figured Woman at the Heart of Development”.
Manga Manga Cameroun
“Manga Manga” refers to the full-figured woman in the Sudano-Sahelian cultural area of Cameroon. The pageant made it its founding concept.
The community of candidates is called the Manga’Queens. Joining it is the first condition to compete.
The founder
A media professional, master of ceremonies, communicator and cultural promoter, Dorette Bouwe Ndjiele has championed women for more than twenty years. She founded Miss Ronde Cameroun to give full-figured women a space for visibility, confidence and expression.
Discover her journeyAfrican beauty without imposed standards
Our objectives
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Involve full-figured women in education actions on solidarity for deprived and vulnerable children, entrepreneurship and empowerment.
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Organise cultural and artistic workshops in shelters for vulnerable children.
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Hold the UNESCO, UN WOMEN and UNFPA conference: “Women, Culture and Child Protection”.
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Work with NGOs to launch social aid projects led by the candidates.
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Fight stereotypes and celebrate body diversity.
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Promote health and the fight against obesity.
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Create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities: training in fashion, nutrition and wellbeing.
Manga'Queen Community
A true community whose main goal is to transform the people who take part in the programme.
Concepts & activities
Community, sport, wellbeing, living together, CSR
On the ground
Online
Motivation, personal development and coaching
On the ground
Online
Workshops, nutrition and meetings
On the ground
Online
Manga Manga commitment
Working to reduce overweight and obesity among the Manga Queens.
Involving full-figured women in education actions on solidarity for deprived and vulnerable children.
Making the event a space for reflection and mobilisation around social entrepreneurship, community development and violence against women.
Giving Miss Ronde Cameroun a continental and global reach, focusing on vulnerable children, entrepreneurship and violence against women.
Engaging a wider audience through technology and solidarity-driven digital activations.
Highlighting a decade of commitment and associating this edition with a humanitarian cause.
The Miss commitment
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The journey
February 20, 2026
Event announcement and opening of registrations
July 30, 2025 – January 30, 2026
Follow-up and support programme for the Miss
July 20 – October 20, 2026
Review of applications and pre-selection
August 20 – September 20, 2026
Regional finals and selection of participants
August 22, 2026
Casting
October 10, 2026
Nutrition day
December 28 and 29, 2026
Semi-final
January 9, 2027
International African Woman Fair (SIFA)
January 25, 2027
Training retreat
January 30, 2027
Election evening · Grand Finale
The crown
500,000 FCFA.
300,000 FCFA.
200,000 FCFA.
After the election, the winners become Ambassadors of full-figured women, with support in carrying out their projects.
The scoring
The final score combines three components, with a decisive weight given to the public.
25%
Personal effort
35%
Jury vote
40%
Public vote
The evening
A Hollywood-style evening on a T-shaped stage, dress code chic in African attire, at the Djeuga Palace in Yaoundé.
Musicians, comedians, a contortionist and a dance group.
The UNESCO “Full-Figured Woman & Child Solidarity” Prize and the Africa Woman Awards.
237
Tribes, one beauty
10
Regions represented
1,000,000
FCFA in prizes
The organisation
Organiser
Sponsored by the
With the support of
Applications for the 11th edition are open to Cameroonian full-figured women aged 18 to 40.
