Miss Ideal Nigeria

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Miss Ideal Nigeria
Type Beauty pageant
Parent organization House of Twitch
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
First edition2014;11 years ago (2014)
Most recent edition2023
Current titleholderTrustmudje Akpomudje,
Edo State
Language English
Website Official Website

Miss Ideal Nigeria established in 2014 is a Nigerian beauty pageant organized by the House of Twitch and is aimed at empowering young women across Nigeria. The winners and runners up of Miss Ideal Nigeria automatically represents Nigeria at Miss Global Beauty queen pageant, Miss Tourism World, and Top Model of the World. [1] [2]

Contents

The current titleholder is Trustmudje Akpomudje who represented Edo State in the competition. [3]

Competition

After series of virtual screenings and interview, 36 girls are being selected from across Nigeria to compete at the grand finale which is usually held in Lagos, Nigeria. [2]

As at 2023, the winner of Miss Ideal Nigeria automatically earns an opportunity to represent Nigeria in the Top Model of the World competition. The winner also gets prizes from MTN, Golden Penny, Chiplab, Five million naira from Hairlab,  5 million in digital advertising from Motomedia and Five hundred thousand Naira from Motomedia for her petproject.  Also, the winner receives free gifts from Diane Zoe, House of Tife, Manell Headquarters, Chief Mrs. Jumoke of Teekay Fashion, and Arch angel designs. [4]

History

Miss Ideal was established in 2014 by Ayotunde Fabamwo, the CEO of House of Twitch. The inaugural titleholder, Princess Adesile, represented Nigeria at the Top Model of Colour 2014 competition in London. [5] In 2016, Nkemneme Queen Amaka became the first contestant from Miss Ideal to represent Nigeria at the Miss Global Beauty Queen pageant in South Korea. [6]

In 2019, the pageant introduced a new format, crowning two winners. Oyin Damola represented Nigeria at Miss Global Beauty, while Sonia Ben-Woko became the Nigeria's first representative at Miss Tourism Worldwide. [7]

Due to the global pandemic in 2020, winner Wendy Abdul was unable to participate in Miss Global Beauty as the event was canceled. In 2021, Miss Ideal acquired the franchise for Top Model of the World, and Wendy Abdul represented Nigeria at the competition. [8] [9]

Some Miss Ideal winners have so far achieved commercial success, with Nkemneme Queen becoming the face of 9mobile, and Precious Adigwe being named the face of MTN.

Titleholders

List of titleholders from inception
YearTitleholderStateRef(s)
2014Princess AdesileMiss Ogun [5]
2015Sandra OsamorMiss Lagos [10]
2016Nkemneme Queen AmakaMiss Rivers [6]
2017Nkemneme Precious AdigweMiss Lagos [11]
2018Stephanie KingsleyMiss Adamawa [12] [13]
2019
  • Oyin Damola
  • Sonia Praise Ben-Woko
 [7] [14]
2020Wendy AbdulMiss Lagos [15]
2021Mary BlacMiss Oyo [16]
2022Wendu EzeMiss Anambra [17]
2023Trustmudje AkpomudjeMiss Edo [4]

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