Angolan Beauty Neurite Mendes Wins Miss Africa 2016. The new Miss Africa 2016 winner of the maiden edition of Miss Africa 2016, will be taking home a cash reward of $25,000 and a new Ford Escape car.

Angolan Beauty Neurite Mendes Wins Miss Africa 2016 : Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade, crowning winner of the maiden Miss Africa beauty pageant, Neurite Mendes.

With her victory at the Calabar International Conference Center on Saturday night, Mendes became the first Miss Africa Climate Change Ambassador in a ceremony hosted by the Cross River State government, themed: Green Economy, a Tool for Sustainable Development.

Governor Ben Ayade, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, and chairman of Davandy Group, Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong, were in attendance. Nollywood stars, Kate Henshaw, Juliet Ibrahim and Uti Nwachukwu, acted as judges in the contest, which featured 30 beauty queens from 30 African countries including Nigeria.

Miss South Africa, Refilwe Mthimunwe, and Miss Cameroon, Jencey Anwifoge, were first and second runners-up, winning $15,000 and $10, 000 respectively.

“The journey towards a formidable climate change has started, hence all must join in this noble cause to create a new path of virility in Africa. Though there maybe temporal challenges but when you put your soul above your problems, your body will follow,” said Ayade at the ceremony.

Oreime.com wish the new beauty queen Neurite Mendes a long and fulfilling reign.

Source: AllAfrica