Igbo Woman throwback part II
EDNA PARK, MISS NIGERIA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT (MIAMI, 1964)
One of the questions on the forms for the contestant biographies required the contestants to state what they hoped to gain from their participation in the competition. Most of them replied with typically insincere, faux-inspirational pageantry cliches like “To represent my country,” “To make friends” and “To travel.” Edna Park however, stated in no uncertain terms, ” To win the crown.”
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