... overall winner to smile home with mouth watering prizes, take up duty as a goodwill ambassador. ,

By Ifeanyi Ndukwe

The founder and Chief sponsor, OCO World, Okwudili Celestine, on Saturday, announced that this year's 2022 Nsukka Most Beautiful Girl Pageantry, Nigeria, NMBGN, will allow all promising models from the 36 states to contest. According to him, the overall winner to smile home with a branded new Toyota Spider and an all expensed trip to Dubai.

He equally announced that the 1st runner up will win N500,000 and a trip to any national tourist centre, while the 2nd runner up will get N300,000 and a trip to a national tourist centre also.

Okwudili made this known to newsmen during the official Unveiling of 2021 winner of Nsukka Most Beautiful Girl and press briefing for announcement of sale of forms for 2022 edition of NMBGN tagged ‘Diva’s Edition’ at the Golden Valley Hotel, Nsukka.

He said the purpose of the programme is to showcase the rich cultural values and heritage, adding that apart from the prices being won by the pageants, OCO World equally supports the winners of the contest to embark on pet projects geared towards improving the lives of the people of Nsukka.

“As it has been the custom of OCO World, every year we try to look out for a young lady that will stand out in terms of beauty and intelligence in Enugu North Senatorial District.

“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 values to all Nigerians, home and abroad and the world in general through the entertaining and educative beauty pageantry contest, " he stated.

He stressed that the target is not just a search for a good looking girl, but a Diva, one who will serve as a role model for other girls in Nsukka, Nigeria and world.

“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 emerges winner, irrespective of where the person comes 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.

Manager, Nsukka 2022 Most Beautiful Pageant Show, Okonkwo Vivian Chidiogo stated that alot of benefits awaits contestants only by picking the forms at designated centres.

According to her, Our judges are professionals, from what we have been doing when we started till date. We keep religiously to the rules and regulations of the contest to ensure that all the contestants are treated fairly and without bias. During the audition, there are tasks that are given to the contestants through which they are assessed. Our results would be based on the thorough examination we would conduct throughout the days that the contestants would be in the house for screening,” she explained.

Meanwhile, Okwudili explained that the grand finale for this year’s contest is slated for 26th October, 2022 and forms are already on sale at the cost of N5,000 for those who would purchase it within the month of April, and N7,000 for those buying after April, 2022.

He announced that forms are already on sale at the designated centres including Obyno Photo Studio, Enugu, Lion FM, Nsukka, all the BetNaija shops in Nsukka, and the OCO World head office at Enugu Road, Nsukka, among other designated outlets. He advised interested contestants to pick interest and submit the form to designated centres as mentioned above.