Sixteen-year-old Dolapo Makunjuola was all smiles on Saturday as she was crowned the “Queen of the Virgins” at the 2017 Miss Virginity beauty pageant held in Lagos.
Miss Makunjuola, a student, emerged winner out of 35 contestants.
“I am very excited to be the winner of this event,” said Miss Makunjuola, who thanked the organisers and her “fellow virgins”.
“I intend being a virgin until I am ripe for marriage and I don’t want to dent my image and that of my parents.”
It was a drab event inside the headquarters of Surulere local government devoid of the glitz and glamour usually associated with beauty pageants.
Each of the contestants only answered questions mostly on current affairs fielded by a master of ceremony.
No prize was announced for the winner of the pageant.
Adunni Adediran, the organiser, said the contest was an avenue to propagate the importance of women keeping their virginity till their wedding night.
This year’s contest was a deviation from the past, beginning from 2007 when the pageant was founded.
A gynaecologist was always brought to confirm the virginity of prospective contestants beforehand.
But Ms. Adediran said she was “called to order” by the Lagos State Ministry of Education, forcing her to stop the practice.
On how she verifies and ascertains that the virgins, Ms. Adediran said she merely reaches out to their mothers to talk to them before they participate in the pageant.
What are your thoughts on this pageant?
D ORGANIZER OF D CONTEST SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED! GOD BLESS DEM ! D RATE OF PROMISCUITY IS TOO HIGH TODAY! A SIMILAR CONTEST SHOULD BE DONE FOR YOUNG BOYS PLS!