“I knew I stood the chance. That night, I knew it was between Vanessa and I. She emerged first runner-up. When my name was mentioned, I felt great and the thought that went through my mind was, Oh God, I can’t believe my dream has finally become a reality,” she told Showbiz last Tuesday.
Beauty queen, Pearl Nyarko-Mensah has revealed in an interview that winning Miss Malaika 2017 is a dream come true.
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The 25-year-old disclosed that she entered the competition in the first place because she wanted a platform to help children with autism
“I wanted a platform so I could reach out to the youth, again, the passion I had for autism took me there because I wanted an opportunity to support children living with autism. I will be providing resources to the autistic kids to make life better for them”, she said.
Pearl recounted that she had fun with the other contestants and also had the privilege of raising funds to support children. “the fact that we were able to raise funds to support children at the Royal Seeds Home was very fulfilling for me and I enjoyed every bit of it,“ she said.
She also recalled their meeting with KiDi, Adina and Fela Nuna as very exciting, “ it was very exciting and we had so much fun,” she said.
Pearl, added that her celebrity crush is award winning Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson and she has a lot of admiration for her, “She is hardworking, she is a go-getter and she follows her dreams.”
Pearl is currently single and not searching, “I recently got out of one so for now, I would like to concentrate on my Malaika project, going into another relationship can probably come later,” she said with a smile.
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Pearl is currently reading Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Ghana, Legon and her hobbies are listening to music, watching movies and hanging out with family and friends.