PLATOON 1 AND 6 WIN BEAUTY PAGEANT

 

The Mr Macho & Miss NYSC for the 2022 Batch A Stream II Orientation Course have been crowned.

Marvellous Sam-Kayode of platoon 1 emerged as Mr Macho, while Chinonye Maryann Tonto Ovu of platoon 6 was crowned Miss NYSC.

The beauty pageantry took place at the multipurpose Hall of the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ede on Saturday.

The State Coordinator, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka, while declaring the event open, charged the contestants to see themselves as winners as everyone of them has put in their best during the rehearsals in order to make their platoons proud. 

She informed them that the pageant was intended to raise the confidence level of the participants and to equally instil spirit of healthy competition in them. 

She admonished them to put in their best and be ready to accept the results of the contest in good faith and that no matter the result they should keep their heads up as life is about winning some and loosing some. 

After scaling through the series of set criteria including confidence, smartness, composure, and knowledge of NYSC and current affairs, Sam-Kayode and Ovu emerged the overall winners of the contest, out of the 20 contestants from across the 10 platoons.

For the Mr Macho contest, platoons 4 and 10 came 1st and 2nd runner-up respectively, while platoons 10 and 5 came 1st and 2nd runner-up respectively for the Miss NYSC Contest.

As part of the prizes presented to contestants, the overall winner of the Miss NYSC contest was presented with the sum of 30,000 naira alongside a subsidiary package of Lush Hair products. The winner of Mr Macho was presented with an electric cooker.

The Winner of the Mr Macho contest Marvellous Sam-Kayode expressed his exhilaration at winning the contest. “It’s such an honour to come tops amongst nine other equally well-built young men. This contest has helped boost my sense of confidence, and I want to thank Lush Hair and the State Coordinator, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka for presenting such opportunity in an interesting way,” he said.