ECOWAS Peace Pageant
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.jpg) Logo of the ECOWAS Peace Pageant | |
| Formation | 2008 |
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| Type | Beauty Pageant |
Membership | 30 |
Official language | English, French, Portuguese |
| Website | Official website |
The ECOWAS Peace Pageant is an annual international beauty pageant established 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 the Economic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]- ^ a b "ECOWAS Peace Pageant: Beauty with Brains". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
- ^ "The Event". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official Website. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
- ^ ECOWAS, Commission (4 February 2013). "Nigerian is ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". AllAfrica.com.
- ^ ECOWAS. "Nigerian is Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". Press Release. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "FAQs: How are the sites chosen". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
- ^ "What is the commitment needed, if I become ECOWAS Peace Ambassador?". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Our Events". 702 Productions Ltd. website.[dead link]