All is set for the annual Queen Moremi Ajasoro Cultural and Leadership Pageant 2021, an activation of the House Of Oduduwa Foundation under its Queen Moremi Ajasoro Initiative.
The QMA Pageant is annually held, coinciding with the last stages of the annual Edi (Moremi) Festival, with its medley of cultural activities, which was kick started with an exciting but rigorous two-day audition of about one hundred beautiful and culture compliant maidens from across the country, held at the multipurpose hall inside the Ile Oodua Palace of the Ooni of Ife in Ile Ife.
According to a statement signed by the Director,Media nad Public Affairs of the Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare, the audition was superintended by veteran Nollywood actors, including Peter Fatomilola, Yemi Solade, Jaye Kuti, Yinka Salau and a host of others, whose physical appearance and motivational contributions added panache and glamour to the auditioning through which the contestants were greatly inspired and galvanized to their creative best and good behavioural limits.
The Ooni of Ife and Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, gave the auditioning session a touch of royal splendour by serenading the actor-judges, local organising committee and crew members to a royal dinner at the end of the session at the Palace Banquet Hall.
The Moremi Global Ambassador, who also doubles as the chairperson of the Local Organising Committee o the QMA Pageant, Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, during the dinner, praised the Ooni for his fatherly support over the years and also gave kudos to the actors and her dynamic team for a job well done.
Princess Ademiluyi assured that this 2021 edition would surpass the earlier ones in content and delivery.
She revelaed that the best 35 will emerge from the initial 100 participants, adding that these successful 35 contestants will proceed to the prestigious Ife Grand Resort and Industrial Hub, also owned by African foremost monarch, the Ooni of Ife, for a two-week boot camp expected to eventually dovetail into the grand finale of 15 finalists in December 2021.
The Queen Moremi Ajasoro Pageant, an annual event was designed to commemorate the Edi/Moremi Annual Festival at Ile-Ife, was first held in 2016 from when it has successfully held except last year 2020 due to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.
