Natasha Mapulanga biography: 13 things about Miss World Zambia 2023

Natasha Joan Mapulanga is a Zambian beauty queen and international relations and development analyst. She was supposed to represent Zambia at Miss World 2022, which was cancelled.

Hailing from Lusaka, Zambia, Mapulanga attended Arakan Girls Secondary School in Lusaka and Mulungushi University in Kabwe, Zambia. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Miss Teen Zambia 2013 and Miss Freedom Zambia 2014 first princess.
2. On October 29, 2014, she competed at Miss Zambia 2014 at Mika Convention Centre in Lusaka. She was second runner-up to Michelo Malambo.
3. On June 18, 2016, she competed against 10 other candidates at Miss Heritage Zambia 2016 at the Best Western Plus Lusaka Grand Hotel in Lusaka and won the title. On June 23, 2016, she had her first radio interview as Miss Heritage Zambia 2016 at Power FM in Lusaka.
4. On October 21, 2016, she attended the 52nd Independence Anniversary Inter-School Quiz at the Chilenje House National Monument in Chilenje, Lusaka as a special guest of the National Heritage Conservation Commission.
5. On February 18, 2017, she represented Zambia at Miss Heritage Global 2016-2917 and competed against 31 other candidates in Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. She finished in the Top 15 and won the Cooking Award.
6. On July 8, 2017, she crowned her successor Miss Heritage Zambia 2017 Faith Mukonko, then 18, at the Blue Western Plus Lusaka Grand Hotel in Lusaka.
7. From September 2017 to June 2021, she attended Mulungushi University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and development.
8. On August 17, 2019, she was competed against 15 other candidates at Miss Universe Zambia 2019 at the InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka. She did not make it to the Top 3. The title was won by Didia Mukwala, who was not able to represent Zambia at Miss Universe 2019 for undisclosed reasons.
9. On June 11, 2022, she represented Central Province at Miss Zambia 2022, competed against eight other finalists at Best Western Plus Hotel in Lusaka and won the title.
10. On July 30, 2022, she went back to the Arakan Girls Secondary School and helped the United Bank for Africa donate 160 African Literature books. 
11. On December 25, 2022, she was at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka where she helped cook for patients.
12. On April 11, 2023, she attended the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Italian School of Lusaka in Lusaka.
13. She was 27 years old when her manager announced on February 19, 2024 that Miss Zambia Organization’s Elizabeth Mwanza decided she would not participate at Miss World 2023 on March 9, 2024 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India.