Breaking News:Press Release From Miss Tourism Ogun Stae 2015

 

Greetings 

Our attention has been drawn to a report making the rounds from a certain blogger identified as ‘entertainment profiler’.  Much as we would not like to join issues with this relatively unknown blogger who by our assessment might just be craving undue attention and mischievously so, we as a responsible organization thought it right to set the records straight and give the general public a true picture of the outcome of the just concluded glamorous Miss Tourism Ogun 2015 Pageant.

Let us say for the records that Miss Tourism Ogun is uniquely different from other pageants.  The organizers were on the lookout for young women with character and interest in the vision to drive and help revitalize tourism and make it a more attractive industry that can contribute significantly to the internally generated revenue of the host state.  This for us is key, and is constantly made known to our contestants, supporters and all that came our way.  Suffice it to say we were looking out for budding tourism ambassadors who can combine brain, beauty and character.  Not mere beauty.

Now to the issues raised by ‘entertainment profiler’ about the emergence of our maiden Queen, Her Eminence Queen Ayoola Akinlawon, at the risk of sounding immodest or claiming perfection, I make it bold to say that the crowning of the winners (Queen and runners-up) was done with all sense of fairness, objectivity and the fear of God. This decisions were greeted with loud ovation from all present at the event and other independent observers, government officials and even majority of the other contestants, against the insinuations of the blogger who I believe is either misinformed, misguided or just being mischievous.

The blogger lied by claiming that Queen Ayoola did not resume camp until the night before the finale.  Camp opened on Monday and the main activity on that day was a welcome party.  The third runner-up, Miss Chisom Ugah, resumed camp on Tuesday with tenable reasons and participated in all camp activities till the end, Queen Ayoola Akinlawon however came to camp on Wednesday after writing exams in her school earlier that same day and not Thursday night as claimed by the blogger and the fictitious source.  She was made to go through extra hours of drill to make-up for what she had missed majorly catwalk and dance lessons.  The instructors took her through the rigors and she was able to catch up and cover for all she missed.  Therefore, she is evidently qualified to wear the crown she is wearing.  

On the allegation that the Queen paid her way through, this is so baseless and unfounded which should not be taken seriously, we believe it can only be likened to the ranting of a bad looser who is desperate to give a dog a name in order to hang it.

In every competition, especially glamorous ones of this nature, it might be difficult to accept defeat but the truth is someone must win and wear the crown.  We constantly made it known to other contestants that they are winners in their own right and for this reason we made them Miss Tourism Ambassadors of the respective Local Governments they all represent.

In conclusion, we advice that bloggers and other journalists should endeavor to uphold the tenet of the noble profession which is objectivity and balance and stop this abuse and misinformation of the public with hear-says and rumors.

Signed

‘Biodun Ogundele

Head, Media & Strategy

Miss Tourism Ogun.