Nigeria's beauty pageant’s love for orphans and the physically challenged

THE winner of the 2011 edition of the Most beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN) beauty peagent, Miss Sylvia Nduka, last weekend in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, illuminated the confines of the  Villa Misercordae Dei, a home for the physically challenged and destitutes, with her alluring beauty and electrifying presence.

The beauty queen, who arrived the home in the company of her promoters, said that her visit was to felicitate with the less privileged, to give them hope and a sense of belonging that would stimulate them to look up to their abilities instead of wallowing in self- pity.
She said that in order to overcome the many challenges of poverty and child abuse in the country, education should be made available to every Nigerian child. “I want to impact on the disabled ones, people that wanted to go to school but never had the opportunity, like what I did in Lagos and Akwa Ibom states, where I gave out scholarships to these special people.”
The soft-spoken queen, who incidentally is from Isuofia in Anambra State, disclosed that she would use her position to launch a massive crusade against illiteracy, girl-child discrimination and other social evils confronting the Nigerian child.
Before her arrival, the inmates of the home could not hide their joy as they waited endlessly to catch a glimpse of the most beautiful girl in Nigeria. The physically challenged, who formed a larger percentage of the inmates were in high spirit as they rehearsed the special song they composed for the occasion.
At last, when the August visitor arrived, she could not control her emotions as her entourage was greeted with the clanking of hundred wheel chairs as the inmates jostled to get her attention and savour the rare opportunity of socialising with the paragon of beauty.
In her address, Miss Nduka, told the solemn audience that she shared in their plight, expectations and challenges and would use her time and resources in ensuring that she made impact in the lives of the inmates of the centre and other less privileged ones in the society.
“I want to be remembered for what I have done for people. All I want to do in life is to achieve my goals and do what I know how to do best for people.I am going to touch lives, so that the impact I have made in peoples' lives will speak for me,” she said.
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