Organisers of the Miss Ghana beauty pageant, Exclusive Events Ghana, have announced Wednesday that scouting for contestants for the Miss Ghana 2012 beauty pageant has begun in earnest. According to the organizers in a press statement, Adi Plahar, a professional model instructor and trainer, “will lead a team of scouts to all ten regions of Ghana to identify young, savvy, exceptionally beautiful and intelligent ladies for the 2012 edition of the prestigious pageant.” Plahar’s team began their search in the Western and Central regions Wednesday, March 14 and would wrap up on Friday March 16th, after which they will scout other regions for potential beauty queens. The main purpose, according to event organizers, “is to create an impressive database of potential queens long before the main auditions that will be held immediately after the grand launch” to be held shortly. Former Miss Ghana (2004) and CEO of Exclusive Events Ghana, Inna Mariam Patty, reiterated in the statement “The scouting process will ensure we have the right caliber of contestants prior to the main auditions. The scouts are to identify exceptionally beautiful and intelligent young ladies with the passion to not only advance their lives but those of the less privileged in society.” Organisers also added that, the Miss Ghana beauty pageant is “still the most internationally recognized and esteemed beauty pageant in Ghana, this year’s edition promises to be one of a kind.” The team of scouts will head to the Upper East region from March 16 to 18 and then to the Upper West region from March 18 to 20. The Northern region takes it turn from March 20 to 22 followed by the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions from March 22 to 24 and March 24 to March 26 respectively. Adi Plahar and her team will scout for potential contestants in the Eastern, Volta and Greater Accra regions from March 26 to 28, March 28 to 29, and March 29 to 30, respectively. The 2011 edition of the pageant failed to come off due to organisational and managerial changes at the pageant which saw Exclusive Events Ghana take over from Media Whizz Kids.