By Stephen Effah
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Sarah Adoley Addo, a 24-year-old native of Greater Accra last Sunday took home two glossy saloon cars with a cool 3,000 Ghana cedi having emerged as this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful.
While one of the cars is her prize, the other is for ceremonial use during her one year reign.
The senior high school leaver also had as part of her prize, a year’s wardrobe of clothing, a mobile TV phone from Onetouch, the major sponsor of the event, as well as jewelleries and souvenirs from sponsors.
The first runner-up, Mavis Eyram Dotse from the Volta Region, received 6,000 Ghana cedis and an additional 500 Ghana cedi for being the contestant with the best skin.
Fanny A. Finn Amissah, of the Central Region, received 4,000 Ghana cedis as the second runner-up while Ruweida Yakubu, from the Northern Region took home 2,000 Ghana cedis as the third runner-up.
CONTROVERSIES
The crowd at the National Theatre auditorium roared "Adoley! Adoley!!..." when the host, Gideon Ayitey, teased them as to who the winner was.
The streets around the National Theatre were besieged by some youth watching the show live on TV, singing the name of Adoley.
But the night was not without controversies as the crowning of Adoley seemed not to have gone down well with Eyram and Fanny who were highly tipped for the crown.
For moments after the results were announced, Eyram for instance, disappeared from the stage while the others hugged each other and exchanged pleasantries with other dignitaries.
It took Eyram about two minutes to get back on stage when the host kept calling "Eryam! Eryam! Where is Eyram? Come on stage," before she resurfaced to join the others for photo opportunity.
The keenly contested show was characterised with a display of rich Ghanaian culture spiced up with spectacular performances from the contestants, the Ghana Dance Ensemble, Obour, highlife legend Ebo Taylor and Joe of TV3 Mentor fame among others.
It all began with the contestants appearing on stage as queen mothers of their respective regions with their retinues to persuade the judges — Linda Ampah, Nana Abena Efia and S.F. Adjei — why they should want to be crowned Ghana’s Most Beautiful.
They were then questioned by the judges. Then came the next stage when each of them had to demonstrate to the audience as well as the judges what she had learnt from another region during the 13 weeks stay at a reality house. Adoley and Fanny opened the stage with each telling and enacting to the other what they learned.
Eyram and Ruweida followed up. The two, used the opportunity to appeal to their people to cease fire in the various reported conflicts in their home regions.
The last round saw each of the four modelling with an evening and casual wears.
Adoley, whose parents are deaf and dump, and aspires to be a human resource personnel, said
she intends championing the course of persons with disabilities in the country.
The Ghana’s Most Beautiful TV reality show seeks to showcase the grandeur of Ghanaian tradition, bringing out the personality, beauty, intelligence, eloquence and national pride of the women between the ages of 18 and 30.
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