ECOWAS Peace Pageant

{{Distinguish|Miss ECOWAS/CEDEAO}}

{{Short description|International beauty pageant}}

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{{Infobox organization

|name = ECOWAS Peace Pageant

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|size = 150px

|caption = Logo of the ECOWAS Peace Pageant

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|formation = 2008

|type = Beauty Pageant

|membership = 30

|language = English, French, Portuguese

|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090802180714/http://missecowas.org/ Official website]

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The ECOWAS Peace Pageant is an annual international beauty pageant established in 2008 for promoting peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS Commission to the global community.{{cite news|title=ECOWAS Peace Pageant: Beauty with Brains|url=http://missecowas.com/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?tblNewsCatID=19&tblNewsID=46|publisher=ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714101842/http://missecowas.com/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?tblNewsCatID=19&tblNewsID=46|archivedate=2011-07-14}} It is open to delegates from the 15 member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS )/Communauté Économique Des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest/Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (CEDEAO). However, since each country sends two delegates, the pageant membership is 30.{{cite news|title=The Event|url=http://missecowas.org/2009/maincat_select.cfm?prodcatID=1|publisher=ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official Website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101205817/http://www.missecowas.org/2009/maincat_select.cfm?prodcatID=1|archivedate=2009-11-01}}

The current Ecowas Peace Ambassador is Zirra Banu from Nigeria who was crowned in Port Harcourt on Friday, 14 December 2012.{{cite web|last=ECOWAS|first=Commission|title=Nigerian is ECOWAS Peace Ambassador|date=4 February 2013 |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201302042055.html|publisher=AllAfrica.com}}{{cite news|last=ECOWAS|title=Nigerian is Miss ECOWAS Peace Ambassador|url=http://news.ecowas.int/presseshow.php?nb=030&lang=en&annee=2013|accessdate=30 June 2013|newspaper=Press Release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524143856/http://news.ecowas.int/presseshow.php?nb=030&lang=en&annee=2013|archive-date=24 May 2013|url-status=dead}}

The venue for the pageant is selected by the ECOWAS Peace Pageant organization and the ECOWAS commission based on which country offering optimal support to the organization is chosen.{{cite news|title=FAQs: How are the sites chosen|url=http://missecowas.org/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?prodcatID=10&tblNewsCatID=20&tblNewsID=22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727085954/http://missecowas.org/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?prodcatID=10&tblNewsCatID=20&tblNewsID=22|archivedate=2011-07-27}}

The pageant winner is expected to spend one year to champion the cause for the pageant organisation's official charity, and avail herself for all fund-raising events.{{cite news|title=What is the commitment needed, if I become ECOWAS Peace Ambassador?|url=http://missecowas.org/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?prodcatID=10&tblNewsCatID=20&tblNewsID=14|publisher=ECOWAS Peace Pageant Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727085330/http://missecowas.org/2009/subcat_select_details.cfm?prodcatID=10&tblNewsCatID=20&tblNewsID=14|archivedate=2011-07-27}}