16-year-old Dolapo Makunjuola, a student, has been crowned the “Queen of the Virgins” at the 2017 Miss Virginity beauty pageant as she emerged winner out of 35 contestants in an event held in Lagos on Saturday
Miss Makunjuola, who thanked the organisers and her “fellow virgins” after she was crowned, said;
“I am very excited to be the winner of this event. I intend being a virgin until I am ripe for marriage and I don’t want to dent my image and that of my parents.”
According to Premium Times, it was a drab event inside the headquarters of Surulere local government devoid of the glitz and glamour usually associated with beauty pageants, as each of the contestants only answered questions mostly on current affairs fielded by a master of ceremony.
However, no prize was announced for the winner of the pageant.
Speaking to a correspondent, Adunni Adediran, the organiser, said the contest was an avenue to propagate the importance of women keeping their virginity till their wedding night, adding that this year’s event was a deviation from the past, beginning from 2007 when the pageant was founded.
A gynaecologist was always brought to confirm the virginity of prospective contestants beforehand.
Ms. Adediran said she was “called to order” by the Lagos State Ministry of Education, forcing her to stop the practice.
“We used to have a gynecologist who examines the girls before the event, but the ministry of education invited me and told me they disliked the attitude of a man looking at the girls privacy and I was depressed that day,” Ms. Adediran said
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