Gifty Ofori |
The 24-year-old
model and nurse beat other contestants to win the pageant at an event held at
the Accra International Conference Centre last year.
The 2013 edition
of the pageant has started but Gifty Ofori is still waiting for her package as
promised her.
NEWS-ONE sources say organizers are
hot as they are being bash by the public for failing to do the right thing.
Among prizes
Gifty was promised were an official car service for her year of reign, an all
expense paid trip to the 61st Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas,
Nevada, a three-month internship at the United Nations in New York, and a
presentation and modelling portfolio shot by celebrity photographer Fadil
Berisha in New York.
She was also
promised a Samsung Note 3 phone tablet, four pages editorial spread in an
international magazine, personal celebrity stylists in New York, Los Angeles
and Accra and also management and representation by the Insignia Experience/RAC
Group as well as a year of incredible experience of celebrity status and
adventure. Per her contract, she will also be given a house to live in for her
year of reign.
But she told NEWS-ONE
earlier this week that: “I have only received Samsung Galaxy, my trip to
represent Ghana at 61st edition Miss Universe in the US and the
photo shoot I did. I have not received the vital packages.”
She said she had
not received any official car service to go about her project. She is embarking
on a reading programme and HIV sensitization project and has been using public
transport to carry out the project. The internship with the United Nations
has also not materialized just as she did not see any feature about her in any
international magazine. Also, she has not been given that celebrity status she
was promised from the beginning.
“While I was in
the USA, I was waiting for internship with the UN to happen but it never
happened. When I came back, I had to go out and solicit for funds for my
project which I need to do. It was difficult for me because everything has to
come from my pocket. Meanwhile, I
have been raised to a certain standard and I have been left hanging with no one
supporting me. I have always expected the two companies to let us sit
down and talk about what needs to be done but nothing is happening. They don’t
care about my feelings,” she added.
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