Populating a combobox from an enumeration

comboFromEnumeration.cs

using LCS.Core.Extensions;

//define collection
private ObservableCollection<KeyValuePair<eApplicantType, string>> ApplicantTypes { get; set; }

//populate collection eg. initialize()
this.ApplicantTypes = new ObservableCollection<KeyValuePair<eApplicantType, string>>();
foreach (eApplicantType type in Enum.GetValues(typeof(eApplicantType)))
{
    if (type == eApplicantType.NotSet) { continue; }
    this.ApplicantTypes.Add(new KeyValuePair<eApplicantType, string>(type, type.ToDescription()));
}


//load control
cboContAppType.ItemsSource = this.ApplicantTypes;
cboContAppType.DisplayMemberPath = "Value";
cboContAppType.SelectedValuePath = "Key";
cboContAppType.SelectedIndex = 0;

if (cboContAppType != null && cboContAppType.SelectedValue != null)
{
    this.Contact.ApplicantType = (eApplicantType)cboContAppType.SelectedValue;
}

//set current value
cboContAppType.SelectedValue = this.Contact.ApplicantType;