ECOWAS Peace Pageant
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Formation | 2008 |
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Type | Beauty Pageant |
Membership | 30 |
Official language | English, French, Portuguese |
Website | Official website |
TheECOWAS Peace Pageant(not to be confused withMiss ECOWAS/CEDEAO) is an annual internationalbeauty pageantestablished in 2008 for promoting peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS Commission to the global community.[1]It is open to delegates from the 15 member-states of theEconomic Community of West African States(ECOWAS )/Communauté Économique Des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest/Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (CEDEAO). However, since each country sends two delegates, the pageant membership is 30.[2]
The current Ecowas Peace Ambassador is Zirra Banu from Nigeria who was crowned in Port Harcourt on Friday, 14 December 2012.[3][4]
The venue for the pageant is selected by the ECOWAS Peace Pageant organization and the ECOWAS commission based on which country offering optimal support to the organization is chosen.[5]
The pageant winner is expected to spend one year to champion the cause for the pageant organisation's official charity, and avail herself for all fund-raising events.[6]
History
[edit]The Miss ECOWAS Peace Pageant is organised by 702 Productions Ltd.,[7]an Accra-based events management company, under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission. It is intended to promote peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS Commission to the global community.[1]
Titleholders
[edit]Year | Country | Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador | Location |
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2005 | Cape Verde | Neves Tania | Abuja, Nigeria |
2006 | Ivory Coast | Alima Diomandé | Lomé, Togo |
2007 | Senegal | Aminata Diallo | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
2008 | Senegal | Fatoumata Diallo Tima | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
2009 | Nigeria | Joy Ngozika Obasi | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
2010 | Ghana | Shirley Nwangere | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
2011 | Cape Verde | Vanny Reis | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
2012 | Nigeria | Zirra Banu | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
References
[edit]- ^ab"ECOWAS Peace Pageant: Beauty with Brains".ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-14.
- ^"The Event".ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official Website. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-11-01.
- ^ECOWAS, Commission (4 February 2013)."Nigerian is ECOWAS Peace Ambassador".AllAfrica.
- ^ECOWAS."Nigerian is Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador".Press Release.Archived fromthe originalon 24 May 2013.Retrieved30 June2013.
- ^"FAQs: How are the sites chosen".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-27.
- ^"What is the commitment needed, if I become ECOWAS Peace Ambassador?".ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-27.
- ^"Our Events".702 Productions Ltd. website.[dead link]