Madagascar declared its independence from which country in 1960?
Miss Madagascar Miss Madagascar Miss Madagascar is a national beauty pageant in Madagascar. Miss Madagascar was founded in 1960 as part of the festivities of the country's independence from France. Rajaobelina Bedovoahangy became the first woman from Madagascar to participate in Miss World 1960. Ever since its inception, the organization of the national beauty contest has experienced several years of hiatus at different intervals. The winners of Miss Madagascar traditionally competed in Miss World. In 1998, Helen Hodgson, a Madagascar-based British businesswoman, took over the reins of Comite Miss Madagascar and brought the country back to Miss World. Today, Miss Madagascar is
Madagascar population are: Antananarivo, the capital (1,299,080), Toamasina, the country's principal seaport (274,667), Antsirabe (238,478), Mahajanga (220,629), Fianarantsoa (190,318), Toliara (156,710), Antsiranana (115,015), Ambovombe (111,700), Antanifotsy (70,626), and Amparafaravola (47,000). Madagascar became a Member State of the United Nations on 20 September 1960, shortly after gaining its independence on 26 June 1960. As of January 2017, 34 police officers from Madagascar are deployed in Haiti as part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti. Starting in 2015, under the direction of and with assistance from the UN, the World Food Programme started the Madagascar Country Programme with the two main