ECOWAS Peace Pageant
International beauty pageant
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The ECOWAS Peace Pageant is an annual international beauty pageant established in 2008 for promoting peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS Commission to the global community.[1] It is open to delegates from the 15 member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS )/Communauté Économique Des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest/Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (CEDEAO). However, since each country sends two delegates, the pageant membership is 30.[2]
 Logo of the ECOWAS Peace Pageant | |
| Formation | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty Pageant |
| Membership | 30 |
Official language | English, French, Portuguese |
| Website | Official website |
The current Ecowas Peace Ambassador is Zirra Banu from Nigeria who was crowned in Port Harcourt on Friday, 14 December 2012.[3][4]
The venue for the pageant is selected by the ECOWAS Peace Pageant organization and the ECOWAS commission based on which country offering optimal support to the organization is chosen.[5]
The pageant winner is expected to spend one year to champion the cause for the pageant organisation's official charity, and avail herself for all fund-raising events.[6]
History
Titleholders
| Year | Country | Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  Cape Verde | Neves Tania | Abuja, Nigeria |
| 2006 |  Ivory Coast | Alima Diomandé | Lomé, Togo |
| 2007 |  Senegal | Aminata Diallo | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| 2008 | Senegal | Fatoumata Diallo Tima | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| 2009 |  Nigeria | Joy Ngozika Obasi | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| 2010 |  Ghana | Shirley Nwangere | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| 2011 | Cape Verde | Vanny Reis | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| 2012 | Nigeria | Zirra Banu | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |