16 finalists for grand finale of 2018 Miss Beautiful Nigeria queen
Sixteen finalists have been shortlisted for the grand finale of Miss Beautiful Nigeria Beauty Pageant scheduled for June 30 at Owerri.
The founder of Lagarido Thrills Global Services, Fortune Nkem, told Newsmen in Lagos that the finalists were selected out of 22 girls.
She said that they participated in the auditions held in Awka, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos and Owerri.
“We organised a model camp to audition the applicants between March and April after which an official online voting commenced on June 1 across the federation,” he said.
Nkem told Newsmen that the 2018 contest, which was the fifth edition, was for young girls between 17 years old and 28 years old.
They were either undergraduates or graduates from tertiary institutions, she said.
Nkem, popularly known as Lagarido, said the selected contestants from 16 states, were trained on discipline, morality and decency.
“Miss Beautiful Nigeria is unique, it promotes Godly virtues. We don’t do “bikini” because we don’t believe in nudity in pageantry nor do we promote lobbying to win.
“Our queens are thought to give back to the society through our child aid project religious training.
“We also expose the contestants’ talents on stage, making it possible for sponsors to discover these talents and invest in them,” he said.
Nkem said the contest also projected beauty, national unity, tourism development, upholding the nation’s diverse cultural heritage in an entertaining scenario.
He said that the winner would have the opportunities to contest in international beauty pageants to expose her brands.
“Honestly, it’s quite unfortunate that there are mediocre in the Nigerian pageant industry, probably due to the quest for “Money’’.
“But we act what we project,’’ she said.
Nkem added that outsiders might be thinking that the organisers were making much money from the contest.
“The truth of the matter is that we spend much more money fixing this event and making it this big.
“Sponsors hardly come by these days. However, having built a strong name and a solid brand over the years, we are moving on strongly,” he told Newsmen.
He appealed to relevant authorities to support the girls to boost their talents which he said had become their individual careers.
He said that the winner of the contest would become their brand ambassador.
“The new queen will represent Nigeria in Miss Pride of Africa in the UK, and will become the national woman/girl ambassador in addition to one year modelling contract,” he said.
He told Newsmen that the grand finale would commence with an exclusive models’ party on June 28 in company with the outgoing queen, Miss Christy Olamide.
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