{"id":426565,"date":"2017-10-08T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/margaret-dery-crowned-diamond-jubilee-queen\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T11:00:35","slug":"margaret-dery-crowned-diamond-jubilee-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/margaret-dery-crowned-diamond-jubilee-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Dery crowned Diamond Jubilee Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Margaret Mwintuur Dery, a student of the University of Development Studies and representative from Upper West Region emerged\u00a0winner of <strong>Miss Ghana 2017<\/strong> competition.<\/p>\n<p>She takes over the crown from 2016 winner Afua Asieduwaa Akrofi, and also walked home with laurels for Miss Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli from the Eastern Region and\u00a0\u00a0Marigold Frimpong from Ashanti Region were also 1st and 2nd runners -up respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated Miss Ghana 2017-Diamond Jubilee edition was held on Saturday night, October 7 at the State House\u2019s Banquet Hall in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121058\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-08-at-8.49.51-PM-1024x891.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"449\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The event hosted by broadcaster Nathaniel Attoh and co-hosted by Selasi Kwawu and Eklu Patrick Amendah from Togo was graced by former Tourism Minister Dzifa Gomashie, former Accra Mayor Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Hon. Benita Sena Okity-Duah, Ambassador Andras Szabo from Hungary and Amara Deep S. Hari from IPMC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121057\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-08-at-8.49.01-PM-1024x699.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"343\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Others were Kafui Danku, as well as beauty queens from across the globe, including\u00a0Miss Hungary 2016, Timea Gelencser,\u00a0Miss Cameroon \u2013 Sandra Minkata, Miss Guinea \u2013 Asmao Diallo, Miss Nigeria \u2013 Winfrey Okolo, Miss Gabon \u2013 Constant Abessolo and Miss Senegal \u2013 Aissatou Fall.<\/p>\n<p>The night also saw exciting performances from singer Sherifa Gunu, Saxophonist Steve Bedi and Amendzeba Nat Brew.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full List of Winners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Ghana 2017 WINNER \u2013 Margaret Mwintuur Dery (Upper West Region)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Ghana 2017 1st Runner \u2013 Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli (Eastern Region)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Ghana 2017 2nd Runner Up \u2013 Marigold Frimpong (Ashanti Region)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Miss Top Model \u2014 Perpetual Amuadu Acquah (Central Region)<\/p>\n<p>2. Miss fitness \u2014 Perpetual Amuadu Acquah (Central Region)<\/p>\n<p>3. Miss Talent \u2014 Margaret Mwintuur Dery (Upper West Region)<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Beauty With a Purpose Competition \u2013\u00a0Margaret Mwintuur Dery (Upper West Region)<\/p>\n<p>5. Miss Congeniality \u2014 Marigold Frimpong (Ashanti Region)<\/p>\n<p>6. Miss Beauty Skin \u2013\u00a0Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli (Eastern Region)<\/p>\n<p>7. Miss Photogenic \u2013 Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli (Eastern Region)<\/p>\n<p>8. Miss Beach Beauty \u2013\u00a0Millicent Dzifa Dzudzor (Western Region)<\/p>\n<p>9. 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She takes over the crown from 2016 winner Afua Asieduwaa Akrofi, and also walked home with laurels for Miss Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli from the Eastern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Margaret Dery crowned Diamond Jubilee Queen - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/margaret-dery-crowned-diamond-jubilee-queen\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Margaret Dery crowned Diamond Jubilee Queen - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Margaret Mwintuur Dery, a student of the University of Development Studies and representative from Upper West Region emerged\u00a0winner of Miss Ghana 2017 competition. 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