We're are not pimps – Miss Ghana organisers

Exclusive Events Ghana, organisers of the Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant, have asked some former beauty queens who allege that they were subjected to sexual abuses and offered to rich men for sex in exchange of sponsorships to provide proof.

In a statement, Exclusive Events Ghana, denied allegations made by some past winners of the pageant that there were subjected to sexual abuses.

The statement comes after Margaret Dery relinquished her Miss Ghana 2017 crown in the build up to the next Miss Ghana contest.

“It is very sad that in this modern era some young women still see themselves as only useful sex objects. Beauties without brains always consider themselves as sex objects and nothing else,” a statement from the Public Affairs Department of Exclusive Events Ghana noted.

Below is the full release:

Exclusive Events Ghana Dares Former Beauty Queens to mention the names and addresses of the Big Men who wanted to Sexually Abuse them

The management of Exclusive Events Ghana, the organizers of the annual Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant by this statement categorically rubbishes the frivolous allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse and pimping of the winners of the pageant to preying men.

These allegations levelled against Exclusive Events Ghana and Inna Patty are useless and categorically untrue, inspired by malice and mischief and only calculated to ridicule, embarrass, disparage and bring out the outfit into disrepute.

We are daring the former winners, Margaret Dery (Miss Ghana 2017), Stephanie Karikari (Miss Ghana 2010), Giuseppina Nana Akua Baafi (Miss Ghana 2013) and Antoinette Delali Kemavor (Miss Ghana 2015) to mention the names and addresses of the Big Men that Inna Patty and Exclusive Events Ghana wanted the Beauty Queens to have sex with in return for financial returns and sponsorship deals.

It is very sad that in this modern era some young women still see themselves as only useful sex objects. Beauties without brains always consider themselves as sex objects and nothing else.

Women empowerment and development will continue to suffer setbacks if naive women still hold onto the old tricks of using sex as a medium to manipulate, discredit and blackmail people when situations and events do not favour their ways and aspirations.

Institutions, organizations and prominent people in society have had their hard earned reputation destroyed by the 'foolish' attitude of some women using frivolous sex allegations as a powerful tool in blackmailing.

Exclusive Events Ghana and Inna Patty have never on any occasion use the Beauty Pageant to sexually harrass and abuse contestants and that is so.

We urge our former beauty queens to exhibit maturity and back their sex allegations by mentioning the names and addresses of these Big Men who wanted to sleep with them so the necessary legal action can be taken against them.

Why is it that the beauty queens did not report the so called Big Men to the security agencies over sexual exploitation and abuse?

Issued by: Public Affairs Department