Bamba Makia is a Guinean environmental activist, model and beauty queen. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She hails from Conakry, Guinea.
2. She holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel management.
3. She is 5’9″ tall.
4. In 2018, she moved to Morocco to study.
5. 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.
6. On February 7, 2022, she represented Guinea at Miss Gold Afrique 2021 in Morocco and won the title.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. On July 31, 2022, she represented Guinea at Miss Jungle International 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania. She was first runner-up.
10. 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.
11. In September 2022, she visited Rabat, Morocco. She went there again in November 2022.
12. She was 25 years old when she was appointed as Miss World Guinea 2023 in February 2023.
13. In May 2023, she will represent Guinea at Miss World 2023 in the United Arab Emirates.