In line with the demands of her crown, the newly-crowned Most
Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Miss Unoaku Anyadike, has said that she
will devote her reign to creating awareness of the dangers of
endometriosis in females.
Anyadike came out tops, beating 36 other contestants to the crown at
the event organised by the Siverbird Group at the International
Conference Centre, Calabar on Saturday night.
While Miss Ebonyi, Debbie Collins, was the first runner-up and the
Miss
Charismatic, Miss Abuja, Chizoba Ejike, was the second runner-up.
Miss Bauchi, Chikaodili Nna-Udosen, also emerged third runner-up.
With her victory, Anyadike will represent Nigeria at the Miss World
beauty pageant, while Collins will go for the Miss Universe beauty
pageant. The second runner-up, Ejike will contest the Miss Tourism
Beauty Pageant while Nna-Udosen, the third runner-up, will carry
Nigeria’s flag at the Miss ECOWAS beauty pageant.
Anyadike, a final year student of psychology at the University of
Ibadan, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she used to have
painful menstrual periods and initially thought she had endometriosis.
The Ekwuluobia, Anambra-born beauty queen, said the ailment was
diagnosed as the lining of the uterus attaching itself to other parts of
the body and causing a girl’s monthly flow to be very painful.
“This platform has given me the opportunity to help create awareness
about endometriosis in Nigeria. It’s a disease that so many people don’t
know about which affects the female child, so, I intend to go round,
starting with secondary schools, to create awareness about
endometriosis. I want young girls to know about this disease and try
their best to get checked early enough. It is a disease that is fast
spreading in Nigeria and it has to be checked; we can easily control it
when everybody, especially young girls knows about it,” she said.
Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue that normally grows inside
the uterus grows outside it. The main symptoms are pelvic pain and
infertility.
Among dignitaries present at the event were Cross River State
Governor, Ben Ayade, his predecessor, Mr Liyel Imoke, Florence Ita-Giwa
as well as Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.
