Tamta Shedania Becomes Miss Georgia 2012
28 September, 2012
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Tamta Shedania was crowned Miss Georgia 2012 in the final ceremony of the beauty contest at the renovated Rabati Castle.
The judges were President of the Image Centre agency Ia Kitsmarishvili, Deputy General Director of the Imedi TV channel Tamara Matchavariani, representative of Dinamo Tbilisi football club Gvantsa Aspanidze, director David Imedashvili, founder of Kikala Studio Mamuka Kikalishvili, director Lasha Oniani, representative of the Samtskhe-Javakheti local administration Giorgi Mikeladze, Secretary General of the Light Athletics Federation Pikria Pankvelashvili, and Miss Georgia 2011 Janet Kerdikoshvili.
Toyota Center Tbilisi will award the winner of the contest a new Toyota RAV4 vehicle. Tamta Shedania will travel to represent Georgia at the Miss World 2012 competition.

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