Entertainment of Wednesday, 14 November 2012 Source: Doreen Avio-Hitz FM What has been touted as Ghana’s premiere beauty pageant has over the years found its glory sullied by one controversy after another, with the last five years being the most nightmarish period.Founded in 1957, the once attractive Miss Ghana Beauty pageant has seen its glorious days gradually fade into an abyss.In 2010, Stephanie Karikari was crowned the pageant’s winner amidst a barrage of controversies; many doubted the integrity of the selection process, dragging the reputation of the competition into disrepute.Miss Ghana 2004, Inna Mariam Patty, CEO of Exclusive Events GH, took charge of the pageant promising to restore the event to its lost glory.After weeks of preparations, Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter, a 22 year-old medical student of the University of Ghana, beat 17 other hopefuls, to be crowned Miss Ghana 2012 at the Accra International Conference Centre last Saturday.It was thought that for the first time in many years the pageant would be spared the controversies, accusations and counter-accusations which characterised the competition for some time now but a tweet by actress Yvonne Okroro, whose sister Roseline Okoro competed in the pageant, slammed the organizers, accusing them with great subtlety, of rigging competition for the eventual winner.Although Roseline Okoro made the top five, out of eighteen contestants, she went home with SMS Queen award.Yvonne Okroro tweeted a day after the finale that: “Thanx 2 evry1 who supported my sis eva grateful,I had a dream of a better Ghana free from sexual bias n Vote riggin..Mayb 1day..kisses”.Whether she was tweeting out of sour grapes or based on evidence is hard to tell but she got a quick response to the tweet.Inna Mariam Patty speaking in an interview Hitz Entertainment News said Yvonne Okoro’s allegations are unfounded adding that it “shows that she is completely ignorant and does not know the definition of cheating. Ghanaians picked up the phone and voted and who voted? Rosaline Okoro [won the popular vote], do you call that rigging?”The contestants, she noted, “have worked so hard to be where they are so if certain people do not clinch the title they should not be bitter about it and go about making false allegations.
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