Bamba Makia biography: 10 things about Miss World Guinea 2023

Who is Bamba Makia?

Bamba Makia is a Guinean environmental activist, call center agent, model and beauty queen. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She has bachelor’s degrees in hotel management and business management in renewable energy.
2. She is 5’9″ tall.
3. She was born and raised in Conakry, Guinea.
4. She speaks French, Susu and Konaike.
5. In 2018, she moved to Morocco to study.
6. She is Miss Jungle Guinea 2021.
7. She won Miss Gold Afrique 2021.
8. She was a Miss Bikini Africa 2022 candidate.
9. She was Miss Jungle International 2022 first runner-up.
10. In 2024, she represented Guinea in the 71st edition of Miss World while she was employed as a call center agent.

TIMELINE

2021

• In October 2021, she was appointed as Miss Jungle Guinea 2021.
• She was supposed to represent Guinea at Miss Jungle International 2021 in Tanzania in December 2021 but the international beauty pageant was cancelled.

2022

• On February 7, 2022, she represented Guinea at Miss Gold Afrique 2021 in Morocco and won the title.
• On April 10, 2022, she and Kadiatou Savané represented Guinea as finalists of Miss Bikini Africa 2022 in Cotonou, Benin. They did not make it to the Top 3.
• On July 6, 2022, as Miss Jungle Guinea 2022, she signed a contract with Guinea’s Ministry of the Environment, Water and Forests, which awarded a budget of 100,000,000 Guinean francs (US$11,534) for her reforestation campaign that aimed to plant 7,500 trees in the five administrative regions of Guinea.
• On July 31, 2022, she represented Guinea at Miss Jungle International 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania. She was first runner-up.
• On August 31, 2022, wearing her Miss Jungle International 2022 first runner-up sash, she carried out a reforestation operation in the classified forest of Enta, Conakry in the presence of the vice mayor of Matoto, Conakry.
• In September 2022, she traveled to Rabat, Morocco.

2023

• On May 13, 2023, she was at Noom Hotel Conakry in Conakry.
• On October 19, 2023, she visited Debele, Kindia, Guinea.

2024

• On February 10, 2024, she visited Guinea’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts in Conakry.
• On February 17, 2024, she flew from Paris, France to New Delhi, India.
• On March 9, 2024, she represented Guinea at Miss World 2023 and competed against 111 other candidates at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. She was unplaced.

2025

• On March 12, 2025, she will turn 28.