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Miss Ghana 2017 has handed back her crown and here is why

The beauty queen, who was crowned in 2017, in Accra has expressed her disinterest in holding the office as Ghana’s beauty queen.

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Winner of the 2017 edition of the Miss Ghana beauty pageant Margaret Dery has given back her crown to the event organizers.

Local media reports that Miss Dery, just after eight months as queen has sent an email to the organisers, Exclusive Events Ghana, to formally inform them of her decision.

While the reason for her resignation is unclear, the beauty queen had tried some months ago to relinquish the crown but was persuaded by her family not to.

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Reliable sources have disclosed that there was a meeting between her and the organisers in a last attempt to salvage sour relationship between them. However, the meeting could not save the situation.

The 2017 winner of Ghana’s foremost beauty pageant, recently took to Twitter to vent her anger at the organisers.

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