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Bag of lies? How continental beauty pageant went wrong

Grace Akinyi, 23, from Kisumu County who is among the three beauty pageants from Kenya who will represent the country in Ghana during the Miss Pan African Queen 2020 beauty contest that will be held between November 15-30 this year in Ghana [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

A brand new car, Sh300,000 cash prize and an international modeling deal were some of the gifts that were to be showered on the Pan African Queen upon winning the beauty contest.

Her number two would get Sh200,000 while the second runners-up would take home Sh100,000, tickets for international luxury trips and movie deals.

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