{"id":53451,"date":"2013-02-26T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=53451"},"modified":"2013-02-26T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T11:50:10","slug":"cape-verdes-president-welcomes-unitels-miss-west-africa-international-contestants-to-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=53451","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verde\u2019s President welcomes Unitel\u2019s Miss West Africa International contestants to lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Miss West Africa International can confirm that major telecommunications company Unitel have become the official title sponsors of the International pageant event for 2013. Now only a month away, Africa\u2019s most popular pageant will take place on the 23rd of March 2013 in Praia, Cape Verde. The event is set to witness the participation of the President and the First Lady of the country during the queens\u2019 visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nigeria was the latest country to discover its Miss West Africa queen on Saturday 23rd February in a star studded Miss West Africa Nigeria 2013 event attended by Linxxx and Vanny Reis, Miss West Africa International 2011\/12. The countries participating this year will be: Gambia, Senegal, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Mauritania, Togo, Sao Tome, <strong>Sierra Leone<\/strong>, Liberia, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire, Mali, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso, plus also the Diaspora queens from Miss West Africa UK, Portugal and Holland. All will compete to be the successor of Vanny Reis, who is currently Africa&#8217;s most popular beauty queen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53454\" alt=\"Miss West Africa International 2\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-2.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-2-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53453\" alt=\"Miss West Africa International 1\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-1.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-1-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2011 Miss West Africa Ltd gained a soaring profit from the first African based Miss West Africa International event hosted by Sass Visa Agency in The Gambia. The girls were welcomed in person by the Vice President; the honorable Ms. Isatou Njie-Saidy. This year all the finalists have been granted the privilege and opportunity to have lunch with the President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53456\" alt=\"Miss West Africa International 4\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-4.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-4.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-4-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53455\" alt=\"Miss West Africa International 3\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-3.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-3.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Miss-West-Africa-International-3-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Miss West Africa International 2013 event promises to be a glittering occasion, so get ready for another gathering of West Africa\u2019s most prestigious and beautiful women contesting for the continents premier international crown.<\/p>\n<address>Miss West Africa\u00a0Ltd<br \/>\n91-93 Buckingham Palace Road<br \/>\nVictoria, London SW1W 0RP<br \/>\nCape Verde +161 75 047 597<br \/>\nGhana: +233 202 022 008<br \/>\nUK T: +44(0)207 630 0064<br \/>\nUK M: +44(0)7732 785 816<br \/>\nE: <a href=\"mailto:info@misswestafrica.com\">info@misswestafrica.com<\/a><br \/>\nW: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misswestafrica.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.misswestafrica.com<\/a><\/address>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss West Africa International can confirm that major telecommunications company Unitel have become the official title sponsors of the International pageant event for 2013. 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