Atong Demach
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Atong Demach
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Atong Ajak Demach
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|6|16}} Age 37
| birth_place = Malakal, South Sudan
| raised / grew_up =Khartoum, Sudan
| occupation =Businesswoman,culture ambassador, beauty queen, Detcro Research and Advisory
| education = University of Juba
| hometown =Bor, Jonglei State South Sudan
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| hair_color =
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| title =
| competitions =
- Miss Earth South Sudan 2010
(Winner) - Miss Earth 2010
(Unplaced) - Miss World South Sudan 2011
(Winner) - Miss World 2012
(Top 7)
}}
Atong Ajak Demach (born June 16, 1988) is a South Sudanese businesswoman, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss World South Sudan 2011 title and was later crowned as Miss World Africa and Miss World Top 7 in Ordos, China.{{cite web
|title=South Sudan's Atong Demach Is Miss World Africa
|url=http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/7576/South-Sudans-Atong-Demach-Is-Miss-World-Africa.aspx
|website=GURTONG
|date=August 20, 2012
|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}{{cite web
|title=Model Atong Demach makes South Sudan Proud
|url=http://www.africa-news.eu/life-style/models/4568-model-atong-demach-makes-south-sudan-proud.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150423110427/http://www.africa-news.eu/life-style/models/4568-model-atong-demach-makes-south-sudan-proud.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=April 23, 2015
|website=Africa-news
|accessdate=August 24, 2012
The South Sudanese queen is the first representative of South Sudan to Miss World and the first to win the title of Miss World Africa. She was South Sudan’s ambassador for culture and a public relations advisor to the government of Japan.{{cite web
|title=S.Sudan Rep Set for International Advisor Role
|url=http://www.missworld.com/News/2015-03-10/SSudan-Rep-Set-for-International-Advisor-Role/
|website=Miss World
|date=10 March 2015
|accessdate=10 March 2015
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317023117/http://www.missworld.com/News/2015-03-10/SSudan-Rep-Set-for-International-Advisor-Role/
|archive-date=17 March 2015
|url-status=dead
Pageantry
=Miss World South Sudan 2011=
Demach won the Miss World South Sudan 2011 during the pageant's first edition in South Sudan right after South Sudan became independent on July 9, 2011. She made history as the first South Sudan beauty queen since independence.
=Miss World 2012=
Demach was crowned as Miss World Africa 2012 in China during the grand final of Miss World 2012 beauty pageant held in the northeastern Chinese mining city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, located on the edge of the Gobi desert. This made her the first South Sudanese to win the title since Miss World's creation in 1951.{{cite web
|title=South Sudan's Atong Demach is Miss World Africa
|url=http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/7576/South-Sudans-Atong-Demach-Is-Miss-World-Africa.aspx
|date=August 20, 2012
|website=gurtong
|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}
During the preliminaries, she also won the Miss World Top Model title, making her the first African and the first black woman to win this title.
Professional career
After Miss World, Demach was appointed by the government of South Sudan as Ambassador for Culture.{{cite web
|title=South Sudan Beauty Queen to Become Ambassador
|date=September 1, 2012
|accessdate=September 1, 2012
|url=http://www.allafrica.com/stories/201209020334.html
|website=allAfrica}}
In 2013, she was named as brand ambassador for ZTE, a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company. In 2015 she was appointed as International Public Relations Advisor for Japan Government Agency (JICA).
Demach is the owner of Demach production, which produces and organize Beauties of South Sudan.
References
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{{S-bef|before={{flagicon|South Africa}} Bokang Montjane}}
{{s-ttl|title=Miss World Africa
|years=2012}}
{{S-aft|after={{flagicon|Ghana}} Naa Okailey Shooter}}
{{S-bef|before={{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Zhanna Zhumaliyeva}}
{{s-ttl|title=Miss World Top Model
|years = 2012}}
{{S-aft|after={{flagicon|Philippines}} Megan Young}}
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{{Miss World 2012 delegates}}
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Category:South Sudanese beauty pageant winners