Abia State indigene, Miss Michelle Udoka has won the coveted Miss Global Nigeria beauty pageant held on Sunday, July 28, after a keenly-contested grand finale. The new queen who is a graduate of Aviation Management will be representing the country at the Face of the World beauty pageant billed to hold in France in the later end of the year.
The star-studded pageant was anchored by the trio of Nollywood actresses Funke Akindele, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry and PR Executive, Funke Kuti. Judges, on whose shoulders rested the herculean responsibility of selecting the best out of the bevy of 18 beauties who qualified for the finals were: Bayo Adegbe (Modela); Adetokunbo Modupe of TPT; Tina Akinola-Junaid (Chairperson, Miss Ireland), Nollywood’s Ebube Nwagbo and Tese Onokala of Needlekraft Couture.
The first runner up, Miss Victoria Antai hails from Akwa Ibom State and she holds a degree in International Relations from Lead City University; while the Delta-State-born second runner up, Miss Winifred Mavoro, studied Linguistics at the University of Abuja.
Udoka would be joined by Antai and Mavoro for some official duties which include her pet project related to child abuse with special bias on the controversial ‘Girl-Child Marriage’.
In earlier news, on Thursday, July 25, the 18 finalists for Miss Global Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the National Mirror head office to show appreciation for the Newspaper’s support and partnership in organizing the pageant. Dressed in breathtaking traditional attires, the ‘queens’ were received by management and staff of the newspaper.
The contestants present were: Winifred Orji, Princess Akan, Victoria Samuel, Josephine Onuabuguchi, Sholape Olateju, Feyisayo Ajimati, Temitope Olowoniyan, Giwa Atinuke, Tejere Ejiroghene, Valerie Solomon, Oluwabusayo Abiri, Bunmi Akinseye, Urenna Onyeneke, Mavoro Winifred, Victoria Antai, Odusole Adepeju, Oluwatola Ayayi and Michelle Udoka.
Addressing the gathering, Editor, National Mirror, Mr. Seyi Fasugba, commended the ladies on their wonderful traditional attire, while also encouraging the contestants to make the best of their opportunities in life; even after the pageant.
Addressing their host, Miss Global Nigeria Project Manager/Chaperon, Ms. Faith Irabor thanked the management for their support and lauded the visionary leadership of National Mirror’s publisher, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim OFR, in making the newspaper one of the fastest growing newspapers in the country; a feat which informed the pageant organisers’ decision to partner with the newspaper
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