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Miss Grand Ghana 2022
Miss Grand Ghana 2022 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Ghana beauty pageant, held on 8 July 2022 at the National Theatre of Ghana in the capital Accra.[1][2][3][4] As the tradition of the pageant, the winner of the contest, Priscilla Bossman of Central Region was crowned by the immediate predecessor, Miss Grand Ghana 2020 Pamela Clement,[1][2][5][6] and later represented the country at Miss Grand International 2022 held in Indonesia on October 25,[1][2][6][7] but went unplaced.[8] The contest consisted of sixteen national finalists,[1][2][3] directly chosen by the pageant organizer through the audition round held on 17 April, each of these finalists was later assigned to represent one of the country's administrative regions regardless of their origin. One of which, the representative of Bono Region, Judith Adjei, withdrew from the pageant before moving to the final coronation night as a result of health problems.[1] In addition to the main winner, all runners-up in the contest will be sent to participate in other different international contests including Miss Asia Pacific International, Miss Multiverse, Miss Aura International, and Queen Beauty Universe.[2] BackgroundAfter Ghanaian American singer and Miss Grand International 2020 titleholder, Abena Appiah, had obtained the license of Miss Grand Ghana in early 2022, she visits Ghana to set up an organizing team and then host the press conference of the 2022 Miss Grand Ghana contest in May, the competition venue and the process of selection was also stated in such.[9][10] The pageant organizer opened for online registration on 5 – 28 March,[11] after the end of such, the number of registered candidates was reduced to 50 by the organizer's online screening, these qualified candidates later competed at the national audition round held on 17 April at the office of Exopa Burg Modeling Agency in Accra,[12][13] in which the number the aspirants was additionally reduced to 16 by the panel of judges (the list of judges is shown below), then each of these sixteen candidates was assigned to represent one of the sixteen country's administrative regions throughout the competition period.[12][7] The batch of final national delegates was officially revealed on 29 May.[14] List of Miss Grand Ghana 2022 audition judges:
Pageant
Prior to the final round competition, several contest sessions were held to determine the top 10 finalists who will be announced in the coronation round, such as talent competition, walking training, traditional costume contest, and the preliminary round, all such events happened during June to July.[3] After the completion of all such preliminary activities, the grand coronation night of the contest was held to elect the national winner at the National Theatre of Ghana in Accra on 8 July.[1][2][3][22] The event started with the introduction of 16 finalists in swimwear, then the host of the event, Chrys Kwame-Aryee, announced ten finalists who qualified for the speech round, where the eligible candidates delivered their speech related to the pageant's campaign, stop the wars and violence.[1][2] The panel of judges including Ghanaian actor Majid Michel, television personality Natalie Fort, and former Miss Ivory Coast, Olivia Yacé,[1][2][22][23] then selected the final five candidates based on their quotes to compete in the Question and Answer portion (Q & A), after the scoring of the judges, the fourth and third runners-up were announced; the other last three candidates were additionally asked by the judges with a different question, and judges then scored each candidate based on their answer, then the second runner-up, winner and the first runner-up were respectively announced by the host at the end of the process.[1][2][3] However, during the grand final night, the representative of Upper West Region – Priscilla Talata Adalbilla – was announced to be one of the top 10 finalists, but she did not appear at the speech section of such round and was replaced by the representative of Ashanti Region – Winifred Sam, who later qualified to top 5 finalists and was named the third runner-up, the pageant organizer has not released any clarification statement for such an incident.[24] ResultsPlacements
Special award
Candidates16 delegates competed for the national title of Miss Grand Ghana 2022.[12]
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