After 16 years of organising the foremost beauty pageant in Nigeria, Miss Nigeria, The Audrey Silva Company (TASC) owned by Actress & Producer Rita Dominic and Renowned Film director Mildred Okwo has taken over the organization from Folio communications.
The pageant will now be operate under a new business entity known as Miss Nigeria 1957 Enterprises AKA Miss Nigeria Organisation.
Dominic one of Africa’s most decorated movie stars made a statement on the new development.
“The Miss Nigeria Pageant is a true representation of One Nigeria. The platform has over the years empowered young women from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and religions, and I am proud of what my husband, Mr Fidelis Anosike, founder of Folio Communications and Publisher of Daily Times newspaper has done with the brand for 16 long years. I am pleased to announce that he is handing over the reins to me and partnering with TASC.”
“I believe I have acquired the skills and knowledge suitable for this partnership. I have been on board with him for a couple of years watching and learning from him and others. I look forward to the next phase of Miss Nigeria.”
Mr. Anosike, speaking on this pedestal of the pageant, commended the original creators of Miss Nigeria and Chief Atinuke Oyelude, the first Miss Nigeria, who will celebrate her 93rd birthday on November 16. Anosike, however, believes it’s time for new hands to guide Miss Nigeria, and he sees TASC as the ideal organisation to continue the legacy.
“Who better to take it to the next level than my delectable wife Rita Dominic and The Audrey Silva Company,” said Anosike. “I am confident that she will take the pageant higher to the pride of Nigeria. We welcome the Audrey Silva company into the Miss Nigeria 1957 partnership with great expectation which will be for the Miss Nigeria platform to transition into an empowerment trust for young Nigerian women.”
This new partnership will see Dominic chair a new board of directors filled with highly accomplished leaders of the industry.
The members include former Miss Nigeria, Financial guru & founder of ACubed Limited, Wunmi Ogunbiyi, veteran Producer, Actress & founder of Temple Productions, Ego Boyo, Country Managing Director for Microsoft Nigeria & Ghana, Olatomiwa Williams, Associate Vice President, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Aisha Kyari, Asset Manager and founder of Modd Management Company, Chioma Okigbo, and Entrepreneur Senami Ibori.
Miss Nigeria was established in 1957 by the national newspaper Daily Times. It began as an annual pageant celebrating the positive impacts and attributes of Nigerian women and rewarding the girl child by awarding university scholarships.
Also, In recent years, the pageant has embraced inclusivity and diversity, as seen in the recent crowning of Shatu Garko who was the first Muslim to win the pageant.
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