{"id":448388,"date":"2017-12-19T19:02:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/miss-ghana-saga-contestants-sign-contracts-with-support-of-lawyers-pro\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:02:05","slug":"miss-ghana-saga-contestants-sign-contracts-with-support-of-lawyers-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/miss-ghana-saga-contestants-sign-contracts-with-support-of-lawyers-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Ghana saga: Contestants sign contracts with support of lawyers &#8211; PRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/59889637.295.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Ghana Queens Giuseppina Baafi\" title=\"Miss Ghana Queens Giuseppina Baafi\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>From left to right: Stephanie Karikari, Antoinette Delali Kemavor and Giuseppina Baafi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513710125_510_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Public Relations Officer of the Miss Ghana Beauty pageant, Arnold Asamoah Baidu has denied claims made by former contestants to suggest they signed contracts in the absence of their lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Antoinette Delali Kemevor (Miss Ghana 2015), Stephanie Karikari (Miss Ghana 2010) and Giuseppina Baafi (Miss Ghana 2013) who are all former winners of the beauty pageant, revealed that they were made to sign contracts without legal representatives.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking tale of what transpires behind scenes, the three former queens, narrated how Inna Mariam Patty, organizer of the pageant, exploited, verbally and sometimes physically abused them.<\/p>\n<p>There were accusations that contestants of the pageant are usually forced to sign contracts without the supervision of their layers, parents or families.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold Asamoah Baidu, however speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM with sit-in host, Ola Michaels, denied the claims.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the pageant even goes to the extent of involving parents of the contestants who are also made to sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, that is not a fact. That is not true. They have representation. They have counsel. We even get their parents involved in dealings&#8230; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the PRO of the pageant noted that these allegations made against the Miss Ghana brand is very damaging and could go a long way to affect it seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230;For the girls to make such allegations like this, potentially can affect the brand&#8230;,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Copy of the Miss Ghana contract\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/367395345\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-ziGlITX2iPFS7iZWvhc2&amp;show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.5630461922596754\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_78402\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69ZEaTeJboE\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SssYOCZjPlw\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: 3 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-19 From left to right: Stephanie Karikari, Antoinette Delali Kemavor and Giuseppina Baafi Public Relations Officer of the Miss Ghana Beauty pageant, Arnold Asamoah Baidu has denied claims made by former contestants to suggest they signed contracts in the absence of their lawyers. 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