| ECOWAS Peace Pageant | |
| Size: | 150px |
| Formation: | 2008 |
| Type: | Beauty Pageant |
| Membership: | 30 |
| Language: | English, French, Portuguese |
| Website: | Official website |
The ECOWAS Peace Pageant (not to be confused with Miss ECOWAS/CEDEAO) 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]
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]
The Miss ECOWAS Peace Pageant is organised by 702 Productions Ltd.,[7] an Accra-based events management company, under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission. It is intended to promote peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS Commission to the global community.[1]
| Year | Country | Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Neves Tania | Abuja, Nigeria | ||
| 2006 | Alima Diomandé | Lomé, Togo | ||
| 2007 | Aminata Diallo | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| 2008 | Fatoumata Diallo Tima | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| 2009 | Joy Ngozika Obasi | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| 2010 | Shirley Nwangere | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| 2011 | Vanny Reis | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| 2012 | Zirra Banu | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |