Saturday 13 September 2014

Image firm dumps Miss Nigeria brand

The Nation’s Premier Beauty Pageant, Miss Nigeria, has lost its image manager, Fruition Consulting, due to new policies and implementations.
Miss Nigeria pageant franchise currently resides with Folio Communications.
A statement by the consulting firm announcing its withdrawal in Lagos, said it opted out of the agreement due to the "change in direction’’ that the brand owners was seeking for the pageant.
"It has been a great experience executing this mandate so far.However, we exit this partnership to enable Folio Communications, implement the new direction for the Miss Nigeria brand as it envisions,’’ it stated.
Miss Nigeria is an annual pageant show which showcases positive attributes of Nigerian women and awards university scholarships.
The winner portrays exemplary qualities and serves as a role model for young women in the country. The pageant is currently organised by Beth Model Management Africa.
The current title holder is a law graduate, Akudo Anyaoha, from Imo.
The defunct Daily Times, was the original owners of the Miss Nigeria franchise, which started as a photo contest in 1957.

Stella Damasus will no longer host NAFCA 2014

 Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has pulled out of hosting the 4th Edition of the Nollywood & African Film Critics' Awards (NAFCA ).

She disclosed this via her Instagram page and Youtube page on Thursday.

According to her, some agreements were not met and things were not going as planned. 

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The event which holds on September 13 had Stella Damasus and Michael Adegoke as designated hosts.

The event holds at the SABAN Theatre in Beverly Hills, California in the United States.

She apologized to fans but encouraged them to go for the show.