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Miss Africa Great Britain

Miss Africa Great Britain is a beauty pageant open to African women resident in the United Kingdom. The winner becomes a goodwill ambassador for Miss Africa Great Britain, charged with designing and implementing a charity program based on her Pageant Platform.

Miss Africa Great Britain
Miss Africa Great Britain
AbbreviationM A G B
Formation1 January 2011
Founder
Dele Onabowu
Websitemissafricagb.com

History edit

The Miss Africa GB pageant was founded in 2011.[1] The pageant was initially called Miss Black Africa UK and changed its name to Miss Africa Great Britain in December 2015. The pageant was formed with the sole purpose of giving young African girls born or living in the United Kingdom a platform to showcase not only their beauty but most importantly their culture, talent and creativity.

Title holders edit

Leila Samati[2][3][4] was crowned Miss Africa Great Britain 2018. She became Miss World Guinea Bissau 2019[5] and competed in the Miss World 2019 Finals on 14 December 2019.[6]

Jacqueline Ilumoka was crowned Miss Africa Great Britain in October 2014.[7][8] She was featured on BBC's The One Show.

She was also featured in Hello! in an article titled "Hello! Presents a Year of Love"[9] in partnership with Swarovski.

Hall of fame edit

Year Name Country Notes
2011 Ruvimbo chinzou   Zimbabwe She launched a charity called Inflame the Dream[10]
2012 Samaia Tchapesseka   Angola Samaia became queen in 2012.[11]
2013 Precious Okeke   Nigeria She was crowned in 2013[12][13] but was later disqualified[14] as she was due to wed, just months into her reign which was a breach of contract.
2014 Jacqueline Ilumoka   Nigeria She launched the I am Able Nigeria Charity Project [15] in 2015. The model also released a charity calendar in the same year.[16][17]
2015 Susana Owono   Equatorial Guinea Susana[18] was crowned in 2015 and fund raised towards her charity mission to Equatorial Guinea.[19]
2016 Sarah Jegede   Nigeria She was crowned in 2016.[20] She fund raised[21] and embarked on a charity mission to Nigeria. She was hosted by the Governor of the state[22] and paid a courtesy call on the Ooni of Ife.[23]
2017 Larissa Tcheukam   Cameroon She became queen in October 2017[24][25] and fund raised for a school in Cameroon.
2018 Leila Samati   Guinea Bissau She was called to represent Guinea Bissau at the Miss World 2019 finals in London.
2019 Cecilia Musonda   Zambia She was crowned on 5 October 2019.[26]
2020 Chinyanta Kabaso[27]   Zambia She became queen on the 17th of October 2020[28][29]
2021 Alima Ndiaye   Senegal She was crowned on the 5th of November 2021 [30][31]
2022 Aida Mebrahtu   Eritrea She was crowned on the 4th of November 2022[32]
2023 Stephanie Danho   Ivory Coast Stephanie became Queen on the 18th of November 2023[33]

References[34] edit

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  2. ^ BellaNaija.com (2018-10-15). "Leila Samati crowned 2018 Miss Africa Great Britain". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  3. ^ "Leila Samati crowned 2018 Miss Africa Great Britain". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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  6. ^ "Miss World". www.missworld.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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  9. ^ hellomagazine.com. "HELLO! Presents A Year of Love". hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  10. ^ "Inflame the Dream Keeps a Few Hearts Warm this Winter". Urban Craft Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  11. ^ Admin (2013-07-08). "Samaia Tchapesseka, A Miss Black África". PlatinaLine (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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  15. ^ Dipeolu, Yemi (2015-05-01). "UK beauty queen starts charity for handicapped Nigerians". African Voice Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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  19. ^ "The ambassador in London attends charity fundraiser - Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea". www.guineaecuatorialpress.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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  23. ^ Ayoola, Simbiat (2017-05-29). "Miss Africa Great Britain Sarah Jegede meets Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi (photos)". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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