Miss Tourism Nigeria

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Miss Tourism Nigeria
TypeBeauty Pageant
Parent organizationQhue Concepts
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
First edition2012;13 years ago (2012)
Most recent edition2023
Current titleholderJoy Ebere,
Abia State
Chief Executive Officer
 Seth Santiago Roberts
Language English
Website Official Website

Miss Tourism Nigeria is a Nigerian beauty pageant aimed at supporting today's women through its passion for pageantry with a purpose. The winner of Miss Tourism Nigeria represents Nigeria at Miss Tourism World while the runner up represents Nigeria at the Miss Tourism Africa. [1]

Contents

Miss Tourism Nigeria based in Lagos Nigeria was established in 2012 By The Qhue Concepts Group. The pageant has been aired on NTA, Plus TV and AMC Channel on StarTimes. [2] [3]

In 2024 Miss Tourism Nigeria emerged best female pageant brand of the year at the Eko Heritage awards. [4]

The Current titleholder is Joy Ebere. [5]

Competition

The competition begins with an open registration process, where applicants are shortlisted through interviews and other evaluative factors to determine the top 37 semi-finalists. These semi-finalists undergo a series of tasks designed to test various facets of their skills and abilities. Following each task, contestants face eliminations until a select number of finalists (usually ranging from 10 to 20) remains. These finalists then proceed to a camp for the final round of the competition, culminating in the grand finale where one contestant is ultimately crowned the winner [6] [3]

As at 2024, the winner receives a grand prize of 10 million Naira, a brand new car and rights to represent Nigeria at Miss World Tourism competition in Colombo, China [7]

History

Miss Tourism Nigeria, founded by Seth Santiago Roberts was officially created in 2012 and held its first edition in 2014. The maiden edition concluded with Tomi Salami from Kwara State being crowned the winner. [8]

The organization has crowned several young women some of which have gone on to achieve remarkable accomplishments both nationally and internationally. [9]

Titleholders

List of winners of Miss Tourism Nigeria since its inception
YearWinnerStateRef(s)
2012Tomi Salami Kwara State [10]
2013Jennifer Igwegbe Anambra State [11] [12]
2014 Collete Nwadike [13] [14]
2015Ifeoma Sharon Anya [15] [16]
2016Ogenna Ekwubiri Abia State [17] [18]
2017Chiamaka Chinwuko Anambra State [19]
2018Chisom Francisca Agu Enugu State [20]
2019 Yetunde Barnabas Kogi State [21]
2020Prisca Nwaobodo Delta State [22] [23]
2021Adeduro Tosin Adetola Ondo State [24]
2023Joy Ebere Ekekwe Abia State [25] [26]

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