Background
Omwakwe"s parents died when she was young—her father when she was 10 followed by her mother when she was 12.
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She graduated from the Institute of Health Care Management in Kenya, where she received a physiotherapy certificate.
Career
She is also the first woman from Kenya to hold a major international beauty pageant title when she formally succeeded Džejla Glavović of Bosnia & Herzegovina as Glavović was stripped of her title for failing to fulfill her duties. She has a master"s degree in public relations from the International University of Monaco. She is the youngest in a sibling of three.
Her brother, the eldest, is a lawyer, who is in cargo handling.
Her sister is also a lawyer Omwakwe belongs to the Luhya tribe.
She comes from Nairobi and stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm). She was also a finalist in Mission Universe Kenya 2001, but was unable to capture the title.
She later came in second in the Mission Tourism Kenya pageant and flew to Manila to represent her country at the Mission Earth pageant.
Omwakwe, 21, became her country"s representative to the Mission Earth contest, after she finished as one of the winners in the 2002 Mission Tourism World Kenya pageant. She participated in the second edition of Mission Earth beauty pageant, which was held in Quezon City, Philippines on 29 October 2002. Mission Earth is the first international beauty contest Omwakwe ever participated.
After the pageant, she went to Canada for a vacation and to look for a school where she can take up a nursing degree.
On 28 May 2003, Carousel Productions, the organisation that produces Mission Earth beauty pageant, officially dethroned Glavović "due to her failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract." First runner-up Omwakwe took over the position of She was formally crowned as the new on 7 August 2003 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong City, Philippines. In a press conference, she was asked on her reaction to being the new Mission Earth and she replied: "I was stunned and couldn’t believe lieutenant
But then I saw the congratulatory messages in my e-mail and I received calls from all over. That’s when I was convinced it wasn’t a hoax.".
