WHO WILL BE CROWNED THIS YEAR CARNIVAL CALABAR QUEEN 2012
The organizers of the Miss
Carnival Calabar Queen Pageant are preparing to crown the Next Calabar Queen.
The 2011 edition saw the emergence of Emem Udonquak, who has been the
ambassador for tourism in Cross River State and as well as the face of Mothers
Against Child Abandonment (MACA), an initiative of Her Excellency, the wife of
the Governor of Cross River State, Obioma Ledal Liyel Imoke.
The Carnival Calabar Queen Pageant
(CCQ) is an annual pageant that holds in Calabar every December, a few days
before Christmas. This year promises to be more exciting as mouth-watering
prizes have been lined up for the winner and the runners up. The lucky winner
will walk away with a brand new car worth N4million, N2million prize, one year
clothing supply from Vlisco, one year makeup supply, and one year accommodation
in the Government lodge.
The first runner-up will get five
hundred thousand Naira (500,000) and second runner-up takes home two hundred
thousand Naira (200,000).
Ticket sales and funds from
fundraising from the pageant will be donated to Mothers against Child
Abandonment (MACA). The Organization, among other things, caters for abandoned
babies and also implements abstinence based programs in a bid to reduce the
rate of teenage pregnancy in the state.
The Carnival Calabar Beauty
Pageant which will be held on the 22nd
of December 2012, is part of the activities marking the annual Calabar festival
which is an initiative of the Cross River State Government.
The festival aims
at developing the tourism potential of the state and attracts tourists from all
over the world.
The sponsors for this year’s event
are Vlisco, Mega Hilton hotel, Yellow Chilli, Springs Day Spa, Minds of
Creation, Channel View Hotel, Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Surefoot
America School and Zaron.
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