An international beauty pageant contender is in Sioux Falls on Saturday to raise money for her war-torn homeland.
Akuany Ayuen Jongkuch competed last month in the Miss World pageant in Washington D.C., representing South Sudan. Ayuen Jongkuch, 23, will be at the Church of Holy Apostles, 1415 S. Bahnson Ave., to raise money for an organization that helps children affected by violence in South Sudan.
The event starts at 5 p.m., and will include traditional South Sudanese food and a presentation by Ayuen Jongkuch. She works for Power to Save Humanity, which provides education, food, shelter and counseling to the African nation’s residents.
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She said she will use the visit as a chance to discuss the organization. Ayuen Jongkuch also plans to talk her pageant platform, which was education.
“I believe education is what will save us from everything that’s going on in my country,” Ayuen Jongkuch said. “Without education you cannot really know how to relate to others.”
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