Exquisite Lady of the Year Awards | |
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Awarded for | Celebrates Ladies who are excelling in there chosen career |
Country | Nigeria |
First awarded | 2009 |
ELOY (Exquisite Lady of the Year) Awards is an award for women excelling in their field of work. It was established by Tewa Onasanya in 2009. [1] [2]
During the ELOY awards which was held in Lagos Continental Hotel in 2018, the convener Tewa Onasanya revealed that the nominees were selected from different walks of life and that there has to be a vote-count before anyone is duly awarded. [3]
In 2019, the ELOY awards introduced a new development, in which the awards for the very first time would be celebrating a man, the category will celebrate a man or male-owned company, which empowers and employs women, the CEO, Tewa Onasanya stated that there was need to improve on the previous editions. [4]
Here are the winners of the ELOY awards in 2017: [5]
Here are the winners of the ELOY awards in 2018
Here are the winners of the ELOY awards in 2019: [6]
Here are the winners of the ELOY awards in 2020: [7]
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