13 things about Miss Earth 2002 Winfred Omwakwe

Winfred Adah Omwakwe is a Kenyan public relations and communications specialist, model and beauty queen born in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a supporter of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme and Save the Children.

BIOGRAPHY

A member of the Luhya tribe, Omwakwe is the first Kenyan woman to hold a grand slam international beauty pageant title. The youngest of three siblings, she has an older brother and an older sister who are both lawyers.

Aside from graduating from the Institute of Health Care Management in Nairobi with a physiotherapy certificate, Omwakwe also graduated cum laude from the International University of Monaco in Les Moneghetti, Monaco with a bachelor’s degree in communication and entertainment management. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1991, her father passed away.
2. In 1993, her mother passed away.
3. She was a Miss Universe Kenya 2001 finalist.
4. She was Miss Tourism World Kenya 2002 first runner-up.
5. She was Miss Earth-Air 2002 before becoming Miss Earth 2002.
6. From November 2012 to June 2015, she did various advertising campaigns.
7. On January 28, 2014, Miss Earth announced that she was expected to finish graduate school at the International University of Monaco.
8. From May 2015 to August 2015, she was a marketing assistant at Arla Foods in Panama City, Panama.
9. From September 2015 to December 2016, she created and designed a proposal for a print advertising campaign for the Tovmasyan’s brand.
10. From December 2015 to June 2016, she created a public relations campaign to aid in the launch of the Hong Kong chapter of the Redress nongovernment organization to be implemented in Monaco.
11. From April 2016 to February 2018, she was a communications officer at Base Titanium in Kwale, Kenya.
12. In March 2018, she joined Bisous Communications in Nairobi as a communications consultant.
13. On January 1, 2025, she turned 44.

TIMELINE

Omwakwe speaks Swahili, English and German. She is 5’9″ tall.

2002

• On October 20, 2002, she represented Kenya at Miss Earth 2022 and competed against 52 other candidates at the Folk Arts Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She was runner-up to Džejla Glavović of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and was crowned Miss Earth-Air 2002.

2003

• On May 28, 2003, Glavović was dethroned.
• On August 4, 2003, she flew from Kenya to the Philippines. She had a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• On August 7, 2003, she was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
• On November 9, 2003, she crowned her successor Miss Earth 2003 Dania Prince of Honduras at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila.