Adaeze Aluke wins Calabar Carnival Queen

The Miss Creek Town contestant at the recently held Calabar Carnival Queen 2010 pageant, Adaeze Priscilla Aluke, has emerged the 2010/2011 winner of the pageant.

Ms Aluke, who hails from Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, beat 26 other contestants to win the keenly contested crown. An Ordinary National Diploma (OND) graduate of Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, she was, prior to winning the contest on Industrial Attachment. In addition to the crown, she won a brand new Toyota car and N2million.

Anyansi Nneka Joany, who contested as Miss Eyo Honesty, won N500,000 as the first runner up, while Okpa Effa Phrida, who was Miss Mary Slessor, became the second runner up and went home with N200,000 prize money.

Miss Congeniality went to Miss Kwafalls, Emi Nonye Harry from Rivers State, while Miss Photogenic title was won by Isoyip Mercy, from Yakkurr, Cross River State who contested as Miss Millenium Park.

The competition was a tough one for the carefully selected judges were comprised of: international makeup artist, Eryca Freemantle; Sasha Pee, a Hip Hop artiste in Nigeria; Fola Adeola, an entrepreneur; Toyin Subair, a lawyer and media entertainment promoter and William Archibong, Chairman of the Obudu Mountain Race. Poise, diction and intelligence were some of the criteria used in judging the contestants.
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