Female student arrested for modeling without panties
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Harare Polytechnic College student, who
made headlines last week for flashing her
privates at adjudicators during a beauty
pageant, appeared in court Monday, reports
New Zimbabwe.
21-year-old Panashe Zhaware contested for
the Miss Harare Polytechnic crown at a
modeling fete held on July 2015.
The beauty contest proceeded without issue,
but when it was Zhaware’s turn to hit the
runway things took a turn for the bizarre.
The daring student, who had gone on stage
without her panties, decided to take things
further by flashing her private parts for all to
see.
Addressing the court, the prosecutor told:
“the model held her dress and stretched it
wide open exposing her genitals to everyone
in the room.”
21-year-old Panashe Zhaware walking the
runway PHOTO/COURTESY
Photos of the model exposing herself were
leaked to a Harare tabloid, H-Metro , leading
to investigations by the police.
The 21-year-old was subsequently arrested
and charged with public indecency in court.
She was remanded to October 21 for trial
and released on Sh10, 300 ($100) bail.
Zhaware, who is represented by Harare
lawyer Musindo Hungwe, was not asked to
plead when she appeared before the
magistrate.
The college Principal Tafadzwa Mudondo
was also picked up by the police from the
licensing Inspectorate Department together
with nine other models and the pageant
organising crew.
Others are likely to be charged for
contravening certain sections of Zimbabwe’s
Censorship and Entertainment Controls Act.
The principal said the administration was not
aware of the lewd July incident, adding that
he had not seen the said photos.
In his defense, the principal said that the
pageant was a students’ function and the
administration had nothing to do it with it.
“That was a function in July and we have
not been aware (of the indecent exposure).
It was a students’ function and we had
nothing to do with it. They inform us of what
they will be doing. This is one of the isolated
cases that happened at the college,” he said.
Mudondo said they have not taken any
action since they are still in the process of
investigating the matter.
The photographers of the event were also
picked for questioning together with their
cameras and external hard drives which
carried the images from the event.
Sources told H-Metro that it was Panashe’s
decision to take to the stage without her
knickers and that she left many surprised by
exposing her privates to the gathering.
Other models distanced themselves from the
controversial incident. According to sources,
more photographers reportedly had the
photos but they went on to delete them.
The leaked photos made it online through
some students who already accessed the
images.
Harare Polytechnic College student, who
made headlines last week for flashing her
privates at adjudicators during a beauty
pageant, appeared in court Monday, reports
New Zimbabwe.
the Miss Harare Polytechnic crown at a
modeling fete held on July 2015.
The beauty contest proceeded without issue,
but when it was Zhaware’s turn to hit the
runway things took a turn for the bizarre.
The daring student, who had gone on stage
without her panties, decided to take things
further by flashing her private parts for all to
see.
Addressing the court, the prosecutor told:
“the model held her dress and stretched it
wide open exposing her genitals to everyone
in the room.”
21-year-old Panashe Zhaware walking the
runway PHOTO/COURTESY
leaked to a Harare tabloid, H-Metro , leading
to investigations by the police.
The 21-year-old was subsequently arrested
and charged with public indecency in court.
She was remanded to October 21 for trial
and released on Sh10, 300 ($100) bail.
Zhaware, who is represented by Harare
lawyer Musindo Hungwe, was not asked to
plead when she appeared before the
magistrate.
The college Principal Tafadzwa Mudondo
was also picked up by the police from the
licensing Inspectorate Department together
with nine other models and the pageant
organising crew.
Others are likely to be charged for
contravening certain sections of Zimbabwe’s
Censorship and Entertainment Controls Act.
The principal said the administration was not
aware of the lewd July incident, adding that
he had not seen the said photos.
In his defense, the principal said that the
pageant was a students’ function and the
administration had nothing to do it with it.
“That was a function in July and we have
not been aware (of the indecent exposure).
It was a students’ function and we had
nothing to do with it. They inform us of what
they will be doing. This is one of the isolated
cases that happened at the college,” he said.
Mudondo said they have not taken any
action since they are still in the process of
investigating the matter.
The photographers of the event were also
picked for questioning together with their
cameras and external hard drives which
carried the images from the event.
Sources told H-Metro that it was Panashe’s
decision to take to the stage without her
knickers and that she left many surprised by
exposing her privates to the gathering.
Other models distanced themselves from the
controversial incident. According to sources,
more photographers reportedly had the
photos but they went on to delete them.
The leaked photos made it online through
some students who already accessed the
images.
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