Miss Stephanie Karikari, an eighteen year old indigene of Atwima Nkakom was crowned Miss Ghana 2010 during the wee hours of Sunday after weeks of rigorous mentoring and modeling sessions. Stephanie who dazzled the judges and patrons of the pageant alike during the four-hour programme went home with a mouth watering prize. Apart from a brand new 18 karat gold plated crown, she also took home a black Hyundai Accent saloon car from Auto Plaza Ltd, a GHC5,000 annual allowance, a ticket to participate in the Miss World Pageant, an educational scholarship from NIIT and an assortment of products from sponsors of Miss Ghana 2010. Stephanie will also be the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ambassador for Goldfields Ghana Limited to champion their CSR projects, particularly in Maternal Health and Sanitation campaigns for a year. Jay Ghartey, the new music sensation in Ghana set the stage for what was destined to be a great event with Kwami Sefa Kayi aka ‘Chairman’ and Deborah Owusu Bonsu as comperes. The ladies introduced the day as Navy Officers undertaking a routine drill to the delight of patrons who filled every bit of the International Conference Centre in Accra despite fears that various events being held around the capital would take the shine and numbers out of the nation’s foremost beauty pageant. The ladies then took turns to display what their ‘mama’ gave them in the swim suit segment. The ‘hot’ twenty girls also showcased some psychedelic catwalks to cheers and applause. The crowed loved it. Then came the talent show where the ladies had the arduous task of impressing the judges with their talents. There were pregnant women, vampires, soldiers, Terry Bonchaka look alikes and even a master drummer. Whiles one delegate decided to break the chains of death to emerge from a coffin, another was busy accusing President Obama of infecting her with HIV. Hope nobody hints the White House about this because it was, as they say it, only a joke.