{"id":395002,"date":"2017-06-09T11:18:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/09\/menaye-donkor-takes-over-miss-universe-ghana-event-set-for-sept-2\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:18:19","slug":"menaye-donkor-takes-over-miss-universe-ghana-event-set-for-sept-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/09\/menaye-donkor-takes-over-miss-universe-ghana-event-set-for-sept-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Menaye Donkor takes over Miss Universe Ghana, event set for Sept 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Menaye Donkor, winner of Miss Universe 2004 and CEO of MALZ Promotions, now owns the Miss Universe Ghana franchise.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed at the launch of the 2017 edition of the pageant that she is now the Director of the beauty contest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch at Carbon Night Club, Airport City, Thursday night, Menaye Donkor said \u201cMiss Universe has opened a lot of doors for me,\u201d and the pageant has made her who she is now.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Manaye, who is the wife of footballer Sulley Muntari, said \u201chaving this licence as the new Director for Miss Universe Ghana 2017 is such an amazing feeling&#8230; I was once a title holder representing Ghana internationally and I feel that it is my objective to assist the next title holder to make Ghana proud [and] represent Ghana internationally at the Miss Universe level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She is now faced with the difficult task of redeeming the image of the Miss Universe brand which has over the years been faced with a lot of controversies.<\/p>\n<p>The pageant has been hit with court cases, sex scandals and\u00a0bribery allegations and organisers&#8217; inability to award prizes to winners.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s pageant, she revealed, is scheduled for September 2.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the personalities at the launch included Sulley Muntari, Bola Ray, Benny Blanco and Deborah Vanessa (Sister Derby).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menaye Donkor, winner of Miss Universe 2004 and CEO of MALZ Promotions, now owns the Miss Universe Ghana franchise. 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