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Miss Ghana 2010 wins Beauty With a Purpose at Miss World

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Miss Ghana 2011, Stephanie Adwoa Adjeiwaa Karikari, made history at Miss World 2011 when she won the Beauty With a Purpose prize.

She becomes only the second Ghanaian to have won the prize after Miss Ghana 2006, Lamisi Mbillah won the honour for her work in combating the guinea worm parasite and iodine deficiency in the country.

Stephanie shared her prize with Miss Indonesia, on a unique night that saw some 120 other countries competing for honours.

The Beauty With a Purpose (BWP) is one of five fast track events that form part of the pre-judging process in choosing an eventual and overall winner. 

Stephanie’s win came few days after she had been shortlisted as one of ten best entries for the prize. Her project work on providing education to the underprivileged children in Sodom and Gomorrah, a suburb of Accra, stood out among that of other contestants. 

A visibly stunned Stephanie couldn’t hide her excitement as she was, together with Miss Indonesia, announced winners of a prize that according to Julia Morley, Chairman of the Miss World Organization, is “unique in every way and forms the heart of the whole event”. 

By this enviable feat, Stephanie joins a growing list of young women, who are using their inborn beauty to make a difference in the lives of society’s needy, destitute and poor. 

This year’s event, the 61st edition, took place at the Earls Court Two, London. Some two billion people watched the finals of what till today, is the biggest pageant competition in the world. 

Venezuelan Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares, who always dreamt of becoming a nun, was announced winner of the 61st edition.

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