Emmanuella Duke has emerged winner of this year’s Face of Candy City beauty pageant, held at the Astoria Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos State.
The pageant began with performance by young Atilogu dancers and music performance from fast-rising, Neo Phlames, who thrilled the audience with afro-pop-styled song Good Lover and That.
After the parades, judges, Francis Ekwenzi (a.k.a) Mr Universe 2014, Kelechi and actress Nicole Banner scored Miss Emmanella Dike as the winner as she beat 25 other contestants in the competition.
Others winners were Miss Lagos- Ruth Abulimen (Face of Candy City Universe 2017), Miss Anambra-Pet Chika (Face of Candy City Nigeria Tourism 2017) and Miss Yobe- Elshamah Benson (Face of Candy City Nigeria Top Model 2017).
According to the CEO of Candy City Entertainment, Mr Oforma Divine, Nigeria is blessed with beautiful youths, especially girls who can compete in vital statistics with modelling stars anywhere in the world, but until they are discovered, the world will not know they exist.