Beauty pageants at local or global level hold no interest for me. Many commentators have described it as “a debasement of womanhood”! Come to think of it, no woman is not beautiful or without a male admirer. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A woman needs not strip herself or indulge in cosmetic surgery to prove …

Reigning Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina has made history by emerging the first runner-up at the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, held in Mexico City on Sunday. Miss Denmark, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig claimed the prestigious crown in a dazzling finale. Alongside Adetshina and Theilvig, contestants from Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Russia, Chile, Thailand, Canada, and Peru were among the …