Thursday, September 2, 2010

SEX FOR SALE AT A “BEAUTY PAGEANT”


Top executive office holders of a network in the country are accused of asking beautiful ladies contending for their annual beauty pageant show to go to bed with them if they want to go very far in the competition.
In a chat with entertainmentinGhana.com the source who leaked the story agreed to remain anonymous but told entertainmentinGhana.com saying, “After a successful selection process for this year’s competition, top executive position holders are threatening the ladies with sex.”
“Instead of them doing it for their own selfish gains, they are using the event to blackmail the ladies, telling them if they want to go far and be the queen in the competition than they have to go to bed with them, the source added.
Already beauty pageants are seen to be exploiting women, as one can hardly trust the organizers for their selections both contestants and winners.
The source also added that some of the ladies selected for this year’s event were based on familiarity and service, that is, some of the ladies are escorts for some big men in the country and those big men turn to have influence on the show by way of sponsorships, hence the ladies easily gain selection.
“I can confirm that the winner for last year of the same pageant was chosen at a social gathering spot in the country, where one of the top executives bump into her and asked her to pick up audition forms because she fits the show, the source lamented.
In addition, the source also said that this year’s threat has shadowed the ladies; they knew there were games like these but not from the very beginning.
Those ladies who were selected for the show based on familiarity, attractiveness and the fact that they agreed to the deal are always in the final five, the source pin pointed.
“Majority of the time, the winners for this same beauty pageant is chosen in the room before the final day, here the contestants themselves are aware, but only pretend, just to satisfy friends, families and love ones as a reward for their investment” the source angrily explained.
The source who is very close to the ladies, claim that most of them are very confused and naïve, not knowing what to do, whether to turn in, taking up the offer or reject and be evicted in the early stages of the competition.
Just for the records the beauty pageant has a strong brand name and the organizers have done very well protecting it but this year things are not going too well for them at all. The growth of another beauty pageant kills them and they claim the other show has bitten into their show.
Where are the Women Activist in the country, what is happening to the right protection of our young women in society, can’t there be an enforcement to show clarity of criteria and selection process both screening and choosing of a winner.
EntertainmentinGhana.com will not want to publish the name of the beauty pageant and the organizers as in due course, since we have our ears on the ground for any further updates on this story.
Story: Nana Yaw Wiredu/entertainmentinGhana.com

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