Maduako Igbokwe l Sunday, April 03, 2022
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – The winner of the 2022 edition of Nsukka Most Beautiful Girl (NMBG)Nigeria pageant show Enugu state will smile home with brand new Toyota Spider car , one week international trip for tourism experience and other consolation prizes.
While second runner-up will get half a million naira with tourist trip within Nigeria, and third runner-up would be given three hundred thousand naira. The fourth to six contestants will get consolation prizes of one hundred thousand naira each.
Founder of Okwudili Celestine Okwudili OCO Foundation and sponsor of the competition Chief Okwudili Celestine disclosed this while announcing the take off of the competition at Golden Valley Hotel Nsukka, Enugu state
He said the initiative was designed to promote Nsukka values and cultural heritage. According to him, the competition tagged “Diva’s Edition was to showcase beautiful, smart and intelligent Nsukka girls to the world. He however said that the 2022 edition is open for all Nigerian girls.
NMBG beauty Pageant has been in existence for three years and it is an annual event, for young, beautiful and talented girls from Nsukka Senatorial District, but has thrown the 4th edition open to all Nigerian girls to contest.
“This year we are extending the invitation for the 4th edition of Nsukka Most Beautiful girl Nigeria to all Nigerian girls as we target to promote Nsukka culture and value to all Nigerians and the world in general through beauty pageantry contest.
“Our target is not just a good looking girl, but a Diva, one who will serve as a role model for other girls in Nsukka, Nigeria and world over. Nsukka is blessed with rich cultural values, the people are well behaved and their women are known for their revered cultural norms and values”.
“Therefore whoever emerge winner irrespective of where the person comes from will represent the rich Nsukka cultural heritage, of course the winner must be beautiful, with good knowledge of Nsukka cultures, smart and intelligent,” he said
Okwudili also noted that his pet project has impacted positively on young girls in Nsukka towards cultural and moral upbringing. He expressed his satisfaction with the winners of the previous editions, stating that they have done the Nsukka, OCO and the world proud.
Also speaking, the winner of 2021 Nsukka Peageant queen Miss Okoye Chizoba from Ogwu Local Government expressed happiness for winning the 2021 edition. She disclosed that the Nsukka Pageant show organised by OCO world is a platform for any young promising girl should aim for because it’s becoming a National affair .
Manager, Nsukka Most Beautiful Pageant Show, Okonkwo Vivian Chidiogo noted that the project was an empowerment programme because it creates room for the young ladies to grow up from being nothing to something in life.
According to her, “once you pick the form, during the cause of camping you become family, you train and you benefits from contacts, opportunities from OCO world and professionals who have come to train with you”.
She assured that the programme would be an exceptional one due to some goodies available to make it a worthwhile.
However, the event manager of the programme ,Mr. Anyanso Ezekiel, said that the registration forms is already on sales for N7,000 and is available in some most leading stores, cyber cafes and supermarkets in Nsukka and Enugu, as well as all the bet9ja outlets in Nsukka and online at OCO World website.
Ezekiel noted that the competition would be transparent and will be an avenue to showcase a beautiful and talented girl in Nsukka zone to the world, noting that all the judges would be men and women of noble and proven integrity.
Present at the event were, Chris Ikokwu, the pageant producer, Bet9ja stakeholders, Solive oil, Solace Table Water, ND Benz, media personalities, among others
