Ooni of Ife donates N5 million Registration Fee for 1,000 Queen Moremi Beauty Contestants
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, has donated N5
million to the first 1,000
aspirants of the second edition of
Queen Moremi beauty pageant
scheduled for October.
This was disclosed in Lagos on
Thursday by the ambassador to
the maiden Queen Moremi of
Ile-Ife, Ronke Ademiluyi.
She said, “His Royal Majesty has
donated N5 million as
registration fees for the first
1,000 young ladies aspiring to
participate in the 2017 Queen
Moremi contest coming up in Ile-
Ife, in October. The monarch
said the amount is to encourage
more young ladies who may not
have the financial means to
participate in the contest to do
so. I am therefore, encouraging
more young girls to embrace this
exceptional opportunity of free
registration.
Ms. Ademiluyi said the cultural
contest is aimed at boosting our
culture and tradition, especially
among youths.
“The contest is open to young
ladies from ages 18 years to 25
years and either of their parents
must be of Yoruba lineage from
Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Lagos,
Ondo, Kwara and Kogi states.”
She said the contest is a
recreation of the legacy of the
referred and legendary Queen
More I Ajasoro.
She said, “the contest would
prepare young ladies for the
future, reawaken their cultural
identity and imbibe morals in
them. As a cultural promoter
and ambassador to Queen
Moremi, I encourage young girls
to embrace decent and culturally
edifying outfits and brands.
“A lot of morals have been lost,
the new generation of women
doesn’t have values for
themselves much and the
Moremi project is trying to instill
these lost values back. Values as
selflessness, courage and
discipline, which Queen Moremi
Ajasoro exhibited in her
lifetime.”
She added that the vision of the
Ooni, was to bring back the
distinct values associated with
the Queen, through the cultural
pageant.
It was learnt that Ooni of Ife
crowned the current Miss
Moremi, a 600- level Dental-
Surgery student of the University
of Ibadan, in 2016.
Miss Moremi pageant is open to
young ladies between the ages of
18 and 25 who must be able to
speak the Yoruba and English
languages fluently.
The winner will take home a
brand new car, N1.5 million
cash and also embark on travels
with his royal majesty, Ooni of
Ife, in addition to a wardrobe
allowance and other benefits.
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