Ghana's Most Beautiful: Grand Finale Tomorrow

By Stephen K. Effah
Saturday, 14 June 2008

FROM a list of 10 contestants, four beautiful, intelligent and eloquent women have finally made it to the finals of the second edition of Ghana’s Most Beautiful, a unique educative and entertaining beauty pageant, at the National Theatre tomorrow evening.

For the past 13 good weeks, the women projected and educated hundreds of people on the diverse Ghanaian traditional values most of which have been taken for granted by society, especially in the 21st century, under the guise of modernity.

It has been exciting and fun for both television viewers and the contestants themselves, who were camped under one roof for the period.

Battling it out for the ultimate prize are Sarah Adoley Addo (Greater Accra), Mavis Eyram Dotse (Volta Region), Fanny Aggrey Finn Amissah (Central Region) and Yakuba Ruweida (Northern Region).

The evictions saw Mroh Louisa Efua Baawa from the Western Region, Dauda Fawzia of Upper West and Rafiatu Eugette Gbormitah from the Upper East Region, missing the fun in that order.

They were followed by Ashanti Region’s Danso Abena Akorewaa, Asare Aponsah Akua Serwah from the Eastern Region and Erica Joana Arthur of the Brong-Ahafo Region.

Undoubtedly, either of the four finalists - Adoley, Eyram, Fanny and Ruweida during the elimination stages, put up ‘Ghana’s Most Beautiful’, thus raising the stakes of tomorrow’s grand finale higher than in the previous weekly contests.

The four contestants will first appear on stage as queen mothers of their respective regions and as usual, give insight into the significance and meaning of their regalia. Each of the four will be attempting to convince the judges and the public why she should be crowned ‘Ghana’s Most Beautiful’.

After the first round, each of them will again take up the stage but this time, enact what each has learned from the other region, ranging from language through food to dance. For this, Eyram will move away from the Volta Region to the Northern Region, Ruweida, with the Volta Region.

Adoley will switch from Greater Accra to the ‘Fanteland’ (Central Region) while Fanny assumes Greater Accra (‘Ga Land’) stature.

This round is to show how tolerant each of the contestants has grown during their 13 weeks of stay together in the house and to make the point that "we are all one as Ghanaians," as well as prove each contestant’s versatility.

The third round will be a fashion show, during which the contestants will model in contemporary evening and casual outfits, going traditional for sometime.

In an interview with the Times Weekend, Hamid Yakubu, Producer of the contest, talk about how the contest has improved over the last year, saying "the quality of contestants improved appreciably".

"Unlike last year, the contestants have been able to explore and give detailed meaning of the varied cultures and traditions in their respective regions.

"They also managed to present their different cultures mostly considered as archaic in an interesting and entertaining manner, thus disabusing people’s wrong perception on such traditional values and making them popular," he added

Commenting on the event’s objective, he said "yes, we are achieving what the event was set out to do."

Tomorrow’s show will be spiced up with performances from guest artistes, including the Ghana Dance Ensemble and singer, Elivava.

The event with the theme: "Redefining Beauty to Promote National Unity", is the brainchild of TV3 Network and is sponsored by Onetouch Ghana Limited.