Outgoing Beauty Queen Blast Popular Nigerian Pageant, Calls it a fraud

Miss Sandra Osamor, winner of the Miss Ideal Nigeria 2015  and a graduate of Covenant University, said "winners are treated like slaves and made to beg for benefits due to them,” a claim that the organisers denied.

According to her, “the pageant is a fraud and it should be investigated. The organisers, House of Twitch, make promises to unsuspecting contestants and don’t fulfill such promises. I won with hopes of benefits but got nothing. The benefits included a trip, a modeling contract with famous agency, clothing for one year during the reign and one million naira cash prize, which they later stated would be based on sponsorship.”

Guardian Newspapers put a call through to Uchenna Victor, apparently the manager attached to Miss Osamor, who refused to speak on the issue. However, in a tweet to House of Twitch, he posted: “Michy tell her, if she want to fight me, she should be prepared spiritually too ooooo…u know nah.

Ayotunde, a director in House of Twitch, and one of the organisers called the newspaper back and said Osamor signed a contract with the company but failed to keep to the terms of the agreement.

He said, “As Miss ideal Nigeria, there are obligations associated with the office and this includes project execution but Sandra was not forth coming when she is needed. We have a runner-up, who was always ready, and we resorted to work with the runner-up.

“Each time she is called up for an event, she gives excuses with her job. She is on a paid employment and works from 8am to 5pm. This affected some of campaigns.