Naa Oyoe is Miss Malaika 2013

Patrons at last Saturday’s Miss Malaika finals at the National Theatre may have been disappointed at the two-hour late start but the overall performances of the 10 delegates plus those of Efya, Raquel, Eazzy and Becca made up for the three and a half-hour show.

At the end of the show, it was 19-year-old former student of Wesley Girls’ High School, Naa Oyoe Quartey who won the coveted crown in addition to a brand new Kia Rio and GHC 6,000 cash prize.

Nana Adwoa Twumwaa Baafi, 22, a student of the University Of Ghana  took the first runner-up position with  Aisha Kaleem, a Senior High School graduate of Ghana International School grabbing the second runner-up place.

Though doors were to be opened at 7.00pm for the show to start at exactly 8.00pm, patrons who had been waiting outside the National Theatre because the doors were closed were allowed into the foyer around 8.00pm.

As if that was not enough, they had to wait for about 20 minutes in the foyer before being allowed into the auditorium. In there, they had to watch the stage being mopped among others till the show eventually started around 10.00pm.

Sultry singer Efya, however, came on stage and lifted the dampened spirits of patrons with her ‘magic wand.’ She was  at her best as she got the admiring audience to sing along to some of her popular songs like Little Things and Best In Me.

She cleverly wove the introduction of the delegates into her Best in Me song  for the 10 ladies to step out in their white dresses.

The delegates came back in pairs for what emcee Naa Ashorkor described a ‘crossfire’ where they posed their own questions to each other to test  intelligence and ability to think on their feet.
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