ECOWAS_Peace_Pageant

ECOWAS Peace Pageant

ECOWAS Peace Pageant

International beauty pageant

The ECOWAS Peace Pageant (not to be confused with Miss ECOWAS/CEDEAO) 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]

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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

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "ECOWAS Peace Pageant: Beauty with Brains". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
  2. [2]
    "The Event". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official Website. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
  3. [3]
    ECOWAS, Commission (4 February 2013). "Nigerian is ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". AllAfrica.com.
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    ECOWAS. "Nigerian is Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". Press Release. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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    "FAQs: How are the sites chosen". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  6. [6]
    "What is the commitment needed, if I become ECOWAS Peace Ambassador?". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  7. [7]
    "Our Events". 702 Productions Ltd. website.[dead link]
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