BACKGROUND
One of the major ways Africa and indeed the Yoruba nation, is fast losing its cultural values and morals, is the penchant for indecent dressing by our youths, most especially, ladies all in the name of modern day fashion trends. From the clothing’s, to make-up and accessories, our future mothers, have continue to debase womanhood.
Therefore, in order to arrest this ugly trend, a beauty pageant, tagged “Queen Osun”, would be staged, as part of promoting virtues, to celebrate Yoruba Beauty and Brain. The pageant would select a beauty queen who is beautiful in the African sense and intelligent in cultural values, through a contest.
QUEEN OSUN BEAUTY PAGEANT
OBJECTIVES | PARTICIPATION | SELECTION | GRAND FINALE | SCORING-CRITERIA | PRIZES
OBJECTIVES
To celebrate the Yoruba woman, and to define beauty by the natural virtues of the Yoruba woman which includes homeliness, character, industrious, and intelligence. The pageant will also be used to touch some areas that affect the Yoruba woman and to correct some of the age-long traditions that work against the girl-child such as circumcision of the girl-child, women trafficking, prostitution and lack of education of the girl- child. We also want to use it as a tool to fight rapes and to educate the Yoruba nation on diseases that have been the order of the day on the continent such as STDs, HIV etc.
[b]PARTICIPATION[/b]
Participation in the pageant is open to all Yoruba daughters between the ages of 18 and 30, who is mature, intelligent, elegant, fluent in the Yoruba language, adept in Yoruba culture, dance, and has the elements of a beautiful woman and must be literate. Because of it’s purity and moral values, this pageant will in no way celebrate nudity or its likeness. It will devoid of Bikinis, while skin bleached women are automatically disqualified, as the Yoruba culture does not support these. Contestants will be assessed by our (Yoruba) standards and not standards set by Europe.
SELECTION
There will be a grand audition at Osogbo, to select 15 contestants, who will undergo a – three days camping, preparatory to the Grand finale.
While in the camp, contestants will undergo leisure and preparatory training programmes such as:
Choreography session,
Cooking,
Courtesy call on notable Traditional Rulers and Government officials,
Guided tours of Tourist sites in Osun State and
Charity visits.
PRIZES
The overall winner of the contest would become an Ambassador for the state and also use her office to campaign againt child trafficking and abuse of women.
The queen would also receive various prizes including a car wardrobe allowance for a year and other packages by our sponsors.
PARTICIPATION
Participation in the beauty pageant is open to all Yoruba daughters between the age of 18 and 30, who are mature, intelligent, elegant and fluent in the yoruba language, adept in yoruba culture, dance and has the elements of a beautiful woman. She must be literate and must be from Osun State or a resident.
kindly obtain a form with #5,000; filled and submitted. The form will be open for sales from Monday, March 3rd, 2014.
Lots of prizes to be won……
The event date is Easter Monday 21/04/2014 while screening date is 12/04/2014 and camping date is 19/04/2014.
This event is packaged by Muzik Planet Entertainment and Live Entertainment in collaboration with the State of Osun, Ministry of Women and children Affairs.
Supported by Osbc, NTA Osogbo, U&I Media, Punch Newspaper, Global Excellence, Gurusloaded.com, Wapgodz.com and many others.
For sponsorship, support and more information; pls call:
Seun: 08033344164
Wale: 08034399638
Sheriff: 08132358854
Blackberry Pin: 2A986D03
