In its efforts to bring more girl-child into the entertainment industry, the Delta State government has rolled out a beauty pageant programme “Queen of Delta” for the girl child of 18 years and above.
Executive Assistant to the Delta State Governor and a comedian, Mr Godwin Komone, popularly known as ‘Gordons,’ disclosed this in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
Gordons emphasized that the female gender has not been given enough attention and promotion as it ought to be, hence Sheriff Oborevwori decided that we do something to promote the girl child.
He said, “The female gender have not been given enough attention and promotion as it ought to be. Thank God, we have a governor who is gender sensitive and over time in the state we have done things that really did not favour the girl-child, to this point, the governor of our dear state, Sheriff Oborewori decided that we do something to promote the girl-child. As a matter of fact to encourage the girl-child in whatever they do.
“So he has instructed all of us to put up a beauty pageant to be able to have a queen every year. So for the next eight years God willing, we hope to provide eight queens from Delta State. And these queens will not just be queens that will win star prizes, but they are also queens who will compete with other queens around the world.
“To this extent, we have been very keen and purposeful to get the best queen that will represent our state. We have decided to go through the 25 local governments of the state to search for queens.
“The 25 local governments have been grouped into five locations – Warri, Asaba, Ughelli, Ozoro and Sapele. These places will be the auditioning ground for the queens that we want to get. When we have gotten them, we will put them in the Queen’s Ville, the idea of putting them in the Queen’s Ville is to inspire them, and we want them to see more to life”
In addition, the Executive Assistant to the governor and a music icon, Mr Harry Okiri, popularly known as ‘Harysong,’ said 25 of them will be in the Queen’s Ville for two weeks, and for the period of the two weeks, they will have the opportunity to showcase their qualities, such as elegance, culture, intelligence and others that qualifies them for the crown.
He said they would be trained by professionals on how to speak, how to walk the runway, and how to carry themselves so that they can represent us anywhere they go from the Queen’s Ville.
Harysong said, “10 of them would be selected to participate in the finals, which is going to take place on November 26, 2024, at the Dome Event Center. That will be a major event to show to the world that we have stuff coming from Delta State.
“The star prizes for the event is a brand new SUV car and an attachment of N1.5 million for fuel for one year, second prize will go home with N3 million, while the third prize will win N2 million.”
They said the event was in line with the MORE Agenda of His Excellency and as appointees, they just have to follow and make sure that they make an impact that the state and its people will be proud of.
They said the auditions will officially start on the 21st of October, 2024 and it’s open for every girl-child in Delta State, who is 18 years and above.
