It was a colorful parade of beauties on Sunday when Olokun Festival Foundation held its annual Miss Olokun 2017 beauty pageant at Martinos Events Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
At the end of the very entertaining evening, Titilade Obatula, a 23-year-old 300 level Science Laboratory student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, emerged winner, while Maria-Silva Njoku, a Mass Communication 100 level student of the National Open University, was the 1st runner up.
The third position was won by Adebanke Adedairo, a Community Health 100 Level student of Pogil College of Health Technology.
Miss Olokun 2017 was part of activities marking this year’s Olokun Festival.
It was put together by Olokun Festival Foundation, an initiative of Otunba Gani Adams, who is the chief promoter of the organization.
The well attended event was witnessed by representative of Oba Akran Badagry, Baale A. W. Patinvoh (Baale of Yotin), Chief Akingbade Akinyemi (Baale of Iragon) and Chief S. H. Akinyanmi (Baale of Samo-Whegbo).
Addressing the gathering, Otunba Adams revealed that the idea to add beauty contest to festivals is to engage the youths who have been brainwashed by alternative religions to view African tradition and culture as fetish.
He also explained that the concepts of beauty queens attached to festivals by the foundation is different from the regular pageants around, as attention is placed on beauty, culture and brain.
The Grand finale of the Festival will hold on October 26 at Suntan Beach, Badagry.
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