After leading the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant for 16 years, Folio Communications is transferring control to The Audrey Silva Company, led by actress and producer Rita Dominic and renowned film director Mildred Okwo.
Dominic expressed her pride in taking over, emphasizing her 25 years of extensive film production experience as preparation for this new role.
The Miss Nigeria Pageant is a true representation of One Nigeria. The platform has over the years empowered young women from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and religions, and I am proud of what my husband, Mr Fidelis Anosike, founder of Folio Communications and Publisher of Daily Times newspaper has done with the brand for 16 long years. I am pleased to announce that he is handing over the reins to me and partnering with TASC.”
Rita Dominic – Actress/CEO, The Audrey Silva Company
Meanwhile, Fidelis Anosike, the founder of Folio Communications, highlighted the historical significance of the pageant and welcomed TASC as the ideal organization to carry forward its legacy.
Who is better to take it to the next level than my delectable wife Rita Dominic and The Audrey Silva Company?
Fidelis Anosike – Founder of Folio Communications
I am confident that she will take the pageant higher to the pride of Nigeria. We welcome the Audrey Silva Company into the Miss Nigeria 1957 partnership with great expectations which will be for the Miss Nigeria platform to transition into an empowerment trust for young Nigerian women.”
With a focus on empowering Nigerian women, the new partnership aims to modernize the pageant and engage a digitally savvy audience.
The restructured Miss Nigeria Organization, which includes accomplished leaders such as Wunmi Ogunbiyi and Ego Boyo, is dedicated to continuing the pageant’s legacy of celebrating Nigerian women and providing educational opportunities.
The winner serves as an exemplary role model for other young women to follow. In recent years, the pageant has embraced inclusivity and diversity, as seen in the recent crowning of Shatu Garko, the first Muslim to win the pageant.
Story: Christy Dung