Nigeria music superstar Asa proved why she's a sought after artist on the world music scene when she performed for the first time in Ghana at the finale of the Miss Ghana 2012 last Saturday 10th November . Asa appeared on stage wearing a loosely fitted white shirt ( she's short just as i am so it looked like a straight dress ) and high heels to a loud applause by the audience who were eagerly looking forward to her performance. She started her performance with a song I' ve never heard of Tony of Phamous TV told me its on one of her albums, A song in the Yoruba language really nice song . She took off the heels at the early stage of her performance.
The audience except one girl who was on her feet the whole time Asa performed had the " we know she's good but lets wait and see ' attitude. She managed to have the audiences attention when she decided to do the world famous dance " Azonto" that started a greater audience participation . She performed her biggest hit in Ghana " jailer " which got the audience on their on their feet dancing , clapping and singing along ( I didnt dance though , the shy me was acting up ). After that song she almost moved off stage only to return to the excitement of the audience . She performed another hit on the Ghanaian music scene " be my man "
There were other musical performances before Asa including that of Sherifa Gunu , Efya and Gyedu Blay Ambolley. I missed Sherifa's performance ( I wasnt late just wanted to hang around ) . Efya I would say had a good performance except the participation by the audience was minimal , she has a great voice and it was my first time watching her perform live . Gyedu Blay was good but he had the same problem as Efya . Im not sure if he wanted to irritate the audience with his Locally Acquired Foreign Accent (LAFA ) it was so unnecessary and they made that known but he kept repeating it . Comedian Basketmouth had the auditorium exploding with laughter whenever he got on stage.
Now that we're done with the musical performances , the winner of Miss Ghana 2012 was Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter a medical student of the University Of Ghana , first runner up was Nadia Ntanu and second runner up Jennifer Annan . The winners of special awards include Jennifer Annan who won the most beautiful skin and social responsibilty awards , Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter won the top model and Miss Eloquent awards , Miss Talent went to Abena Appiah , Miss Congeniality was won by Billey Sung la- Bou , Miss Photogenic went to Precious Kyei Bonsu , Miss Fitness went to Joan Ahiawordor , The Most disciplined contestant was won by Sabina Aryee and the award for the SMS Queen ( contestant with the most texts ) was won by Roselyn Okoro , the kid sister of actress Yvonne Okoro.
There were allegations that the winner of the Miss Ghana show had already being selected and that what happened on saturday was just format . In a chat with Obed Boafo the publicist of Exclusive Events Ghana the organisers of Miss Ghana about the allegation via Fcaebook , his respnse was
" won't talk about it . A winner has been crowned and that's it. . Thanks '
An observation i made was that lots of the young ladies wore very short straight dresses and high levels , a few ladies decided to show off their boobs which werent worth looking at the second time by the way.
Miss Ghana 2012 was organised by Exclusive Events Ghana and supported by Manet Properties , Auto Plaza Ltd , Reflexion Hair Care , African Cola , Fidelity Bank , Whirlpool , FC Skin & Beauty Klinik , Special Ice Mineral Water , Accents & Arts , TT Brothers , Eden Security , Intercom Programming & Manufacturing Company Limited (IPMC ) , Capture- Your Memory Bank , Total Fitness Health Club , ATL Fabrics , Golden Tulip Hotel , Mensvic Hotel , Travel Express Hotel , Danny's Decor , Moet and Chandon , Active Media , Amazing U , Details by Ne Yo Mi , Naadei Morgan , Poqua Poku , Anasimba by Zita , Ciba , INKA , Nubian Vogue and NDYTSI
On the whole I would say the production of this year's Miss Ghana was good and I had fun. The technical difficilties with the microphones and lightening system need to be sorted out for a great production next year.
The audience except one girl who was on her feet the whole time Asa performed had the " we know she's good but lets wait and see ' attitude. She managed to have the audiences attention when she decided to do the world famous dance " Azonto" that started a greater audience participation . She performed her biggest hit in Ghana " jailer " which got the audience on their on their feet dancing , clapping and singing along ( I didnt dance though , the shy me was acting up ). After that song she almost moved off stage only to return to the excitement of the audience . She performed another hit on the Ghanaian music scene " be my man "
There were other musical performances before Asa including that of Sherifa Gunu , Efya and Gyedu Blay Ambolley. I missed Sherifa's performance ( I wasnt late just wanted to hang around ) . Efya I would say had a good performance except the participation by the audience was minimal , she has a great voice and it was my first time watching her perform live . Gyedu Blay was good but he had the same problem as Efya . Im not sure if he wanted to irritate the audience with his Locally Acquired Foreign Accent (LAFA ) it was so unnecessary and they made that known but he kept repeating it . Comedian Basketmouth had the auditorium exploding with laughter whenever he got on stage.
Now that we're done with the musical performances , the winner of Miss Ghana 2012 was Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter a medical student of the University Of Ghana , first runner up was Nadia Ntanu and second runner up Jennifer Annan . The winners of special awards include Jennifer Annan who won the most beautiful skin and social responsibilty awards , Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter won the top model and Miss Eloquent awards , Miss Talent went to Abena Appiah , Miss Congeniality was won by Billey Sung la- Bou , Miss Photogenic went to Precious Kyei Bonsu , Miss Fitness went to Joan Ahiawordor , The Most disciplined contestant was won by Sabina Aryee and the award for the SMS Queen ( contestant with the most texts ) was won by Roselyn Okoro , the kid sister of actress Yvonne Okoro.
There were allegations that the winner of the Miss Ghana show had already being selected and that what happened on saturday was just format . In a chat with Obed Boafo the publicist of Exclusive Events Ghana the organisers of Miss Ghana about the allegation via Fcaebook , his respnse was
" won't talk about it . A winner has been crowned and that's it. . Thanks '
An observation i made was that lots of the young ladies wore very short straight dresses and high levels , a few ladies decided to show off their boobs which werent worth looking at the second time by the way.
Miss Ghana 2012 was organised by Exclusive Events Ghana and supported by Manet Properties , Auto Plaza Ltd , Reflexion Hair Care , African Cola , Fidelity Bank , Whirlpool , FC Skin & Beauty Klinik , Special Ice Mineral Water , Accents & Arts , TT Brothers , Eden Security , Intercom Programming & Manufacturing Company Limited (IPMC ) , Capture- Your Memory Bank , Total Fitness Health Club , ATL Fabrics , Golden Tulip Hotel , Mensvic Hotel , Travel Express Hotel , Danny's Decor , Moet and Chandon , Active Media , Amazing U , Details by Ne Yo Mi , Naadei Morgan , Poqua Poku , Anasimba by Zita , Ciba , INKA , Nubian Vogue and NDYTSI
On the whole I would say the production of this year's Miss Ghana was good and I had fun. The technical difficilties with the microphones and lightening system need to be sorted out for a great production next year.
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