Ayade Presents $35,000 and a brand new Ford Escape SUV, to Miss Africa Calabar 2017.

His Excellency, Senator Ben Ayade with his Wife (Right); Prof. Ivara Esu, Deputy Governor of Cross River State with his Wife (Left); Miss Botswana, Miss Gaseangwe Balopi, winner of Miss Africa 2017 Calabar 2nd edition

The Cross River Government has presented $35,000 and a brand new Ford Escape SUV to the winner of the 2017 Miss Africa Calabar 2nd edition.

Presenting the 35,000 dollars cash prize and the keys to the SUV Car at the Tinapa Lakeside Hotel Calabar, the Governor who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Martin Orim, described the reigning Queen, Gaseangwe Balopi of Botswana as the beauty of Africa.

Orim who maintain that Africa remains the riches continent in the world, charged the queen to live above board and make Africans proud.

She has Miss Rwanda, Fiona Muthoni Naringwa, 23 and Miss South Africa, Luyolo Mngonyama, 26 as her First and Second Runners Up respectively. 

Naringwa and Mngonyama carted away with $10,000 and $5,000 cash prizes, while Balopi 21 took home $35,000 cash prize and a brand new Ford Escape SUV.

The judges included, Iyanya from Nigeria, Erica Fimento from Jamaica, Munachi Abii, Former Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria, Ndaba Mandela, Mandela’s grandson from South Africa and Millen Magasse. 

The event which was attended by dignitaries across the world featured performances by Flavour Nabania, DJ Jimmy Jatt, T-Sean, Mafikizolo, Okpo Records, and Xerona Duke.www,google.comwww.tonykanu.blogspot.com