Ugochi Ihezue Wins MBGN 2017 Beauty Pageant
16 September 2017 |
9:04 am
And the winner of the 2017 Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN) competition is... Miss Kebbi!!! After the screening and weeks of activities, the 2017 MBGN competition held by Silverbird came to an end last night. Ugochi Ihezue, who repped Kebbi State, emerged as the winner of the competition. The new MBGN World queen was…
And the winner of the 2017 Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN) competition is…
Miss Kebbi!!!
After the screening and weeks of activities, the 2017 MBGN competition held by Silverbird came to an end last night.
Ugochi Ihezue, who repped Kebbi State, emerged as the winner of the competition.
The new MBGN World queen was crowned by outgoing queen Unoaku Anyadike.
Hopefully, she will go far internationally, especially in the forthcoming Miss World competition.
Other winners for the night include:
Miss Amity – Miss Yobe, Ndali Eno
Miss Photogenic/Congeniality – Miss Anambra, Maristella Okpala
Model of the Year – Miss Kebbi, Ugochi Ihezue
Best Costume – Miss Sokoto, Stephanie Agbasi
Best Evening Wear – Miss Bayelsa, Rebecca N Hampson
MBGN Ecowas – Miss Oyo, Emmanuella Yaboh
MBGN Tourism – Miss Plateau, Winfrey Okolo
MBGN Universe – Miss Sokoto, Stephanie Agbasi
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