ECOWAS Peace 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]

ECOWAS Peace Pageant
Logo of the ECOWAS Peace Pageant
MottoBeauties with Brains
Formation2008
TypeBeauty Pageant
Membership
30
Official language
English, French, Portuguese
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

Titleholders
YearCountryMiss ECOWAS Peace AmbassadorLocation
2005 Cape VerdeNeves TaniaAbuja, Nigeria
2006 Ivory CoastAlima DiomandéLomé, Togo
2007 SenegalAminata DialloAbidjan, Ivory Coast
2008 SenegalFatoumata Diallo TimaPort Harcourt, Nigeria
2009 NigeriaJoy Ngozika ObasiPort Harcourt, Nigeria
2010 GhanaShirley NwangereFreetown, Sierra Leone
2011 Cape VerdeVanny ReisFreetown, Sierra Leone
2012 NigeriaZirra BanuPort Harcourt, Nigeria

References
  1. "ECOWAS Peace Pageant: Beauty with Brains". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
  2. "The Event". ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official Website. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
  3. ECOWAS, Commission. "Nigerian is ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". AllAfrica.com.
  4. ECOWAS. "Nigerian is Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador". Press Release. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. "FAQs: How are the sites chosen". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  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. "Our Events". 702 Productions Ltd. website.
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