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The third edition of Silverbird‘s Mr Nigeria pageant went down on Saturday, October 29, 2011 with last year’s winner Kenneth Okoli passing the crown to Deji Bakare, making him ‘the most desirable man in Nigeria’.

The event which created a lot of buzz over the last two weeks held at the Silverbird Galleria attracting a huge turnout as the floor and staircases of the venue were well occupied by guests and many ‘onlookers’. It was a night of manly show-offs; muscles, six-packs abs and cute faces, so as expected the crowd was dominated more by women than men.

Anybody who was expecting the pageant to be as glamorous as the female version – Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria would have been totally disappointed. The organization and effort put into the Mr Nigeria pageant was nothing compared to the MBGN.

The venue was an absolute no-no as they were only about 50 seats available, 60 per cent of guests had no choice but to stand and cheer, hence the staircases of the galleria being occupied.

The anchor of the night, Munachi (a former MBGN queen herself) was far from a good host; the model-rapper lacked charisma and poise as she often fumbled her lines.

According to the contents in the event’s brochure, the pageant was meant to field four judges – Joseph Benjamin, Nadaya Letova, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and Ms Ladi Ene-Garba. But neither actor/show host Benjamin nor photographer Amadi-Obi showed up. A makeshift judge Baxter Slaton was added to round off the panel to three judges.

Performances were nothing out of the usual as JJC, Eva and Chidinma set the guest in the right mood with musical interludes.

After the Swim and Evening wear appearances and ‘Question and Answer’ session, the judges narrowed down the contestants to just five – Deji Bakare, Joseph Agossa, Bandele Adebule, who by the way received the highest cheers from the crowd at any point, Melvin Oduah and Chucks Obichukwu.

Fourth runner up went to Joseph Agossa, third runner up to Bandele Adebule, Second runner up to Chucks Obichukwu. The second position was given to Melvin Oduah, leaving Deji Bakare to be pronounced as Mr Nigeria.

Other awards like Mr Photogenic, Mr Sports, Mr Amenity, Strongest Man, Mr Smart, Mr Talented, Mr Physique, and Mr Personality went to Henry Ojini, Chidi Onuike, Alex Uriesi, Oluwagbemiga Adetuberu, Ikorishor Ajabi, Deji Bakare, Ugochukwu  Uzowuihe and Ayomikun Odunwole respectively.

‘Wow, I’m grateful. I really am’, Bakare said when he was pronounced winner.

The show was then called to an end but it wasn’t over, as one of the contestants who obviously not happy with the results showed his disapproval as he ranted noisily in the make-shift dressing room. But after the other contestants calmed his nerves down, all was back to normal.

The new Mr Nigeria Deji Bakare, is a rapper-singer who had worked for years, unsuccessfully, to build a music career both as a solo artiste and as member of a group. Popularly called Dej-1, he parted ways with the group Reprezent to go solo many years ago. He had also, at different times, worked in hospitality, managing his father’s hotel business in Lagos.

By winning the competition, Deji Bakare gets the grand prize of N1M (One million Naira) and a brand new car. In addition, he will also win a trip to Sao Tome and Principe including 5 nights at the Pestana Hotels, an Ipad 2 and Blackberry Bold 9900. He will also go on to compete in the Mister World 2011 pageant.


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waiting.

btw did they take pictures with shirts on?

sexy, body building

Never knew men could carry veins meant to carry blood around the 'peh-nises' on their arms.
Nna bros, I would hate to see your 'Map of Florida'!!!

So, this is the best they could come up with?
The dude looks sick and unkempt.

Congrats sha.

mundus2:

sexy, body building

was it a body building competition?

just asking.

What else, they are not feminine so beauty is out off the way

^^^^^^^^^^H0t @nd SeXy YOrub@ man^^^^^^^^^JuSt the waY I like It^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

mundus2:

What else, they are not feminine so beauty is out off the way

ok.

BootyOnMe:

Never knew men could carry veins meant to carry blood around the 'peh-nises' on their arms.
Nna bros, I would hate to see your 'Map of Florida'!!!

So, this is the best they could come up with?
The dude looks sick and unkempt.

Congrats sha.

is he pastor tunde bakare's son, just asking pls

Koolking:

is he pastor tunde bakare's son, just asking pls

Yes,the last Son of his last wife.

BootyOnMe:

Never knew men could carry veins meant to carry blood around the 'peh-nises' on their arms.
Nna bros, I would hate to see your 'Map of Florida'!!!

So, this is the best they could come up with?
[b]The dude looks sick and unkempt.[/b]Congrats sha.

U jus took it from me

fa g g ots showtime. mcheee

See last year's winner WTF?

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BEST MR NIGERIA HAS TO BE IKENNA. After that one, the contest went to the dogs.

So sick. Was he looking unto God for the crown with the way he pose? Anyway he must do a thanksgiving to God that i wasn't the judge. Congratunobia sha. But know say them just dash you sha o.

guy y are u like dis

Ileke-IdI:



BEST MR NIGERIA HAS TO BE IKENNA. After that one, the contest went to the dogs.

That's so harsh from u. Your husband must be more handsome than Ikenna or equal, to say such.

oh God, this is mr Nigeria? , even goodluck is better

;d ;d ;d

Naija men fall their own hand.

BootyOnMe:

Never knew men could carry veins meant to carry blood around the 'peh-nises' on their arms.
Nna bros, I would hate to see your 'Map of Florida'!!!

So, this is the best they could come up with?
The dude looks sick and unkempt.

Congrats sha.

LWKMD

this dude is my old friend, God help me find his number. make we chop the money

but how come he looks stressed here, he used to be cute

the guy is just there i'm sure there're better pics of the dude somewhere. these ones are just not cutting it

I like that it wasn't the "most handsome" of them that one.
Folks need to understand that Mr/MRs ANYTHING is not just about physical beauty. Unfortunately everyone thinks it is who flexes the most that should win such things, not who "has it together" the most.

demonstration of craze

Tagging this guy the most desirable man in Nigeria is an insult to my country Nigeria and it's populace. While I'm waiting for someone to tell us it's a joke, I hope my dudes won't get to read this.

I knew †ђё dude while we were much younger. Leaved in same area at Ojo and attended same school. He was quite skinny but he was tall. å humble and easy going guy. Was amazed to see skinny Deji of those days become Mr Nigeria. Congrats Deji

How many people sponsor the competition sef? 1 phone, one ipad, one towel, one shoe, one toothpaste

My God!!! what is cute about this guy Am sure the judges are very ugly as well.

All of you that claim to know Deji, please tell him to get some clothes on.

CRAP. Guys' face and skin all look rough.

Nonesense. I get the Feeling The Bruce just enjoy making crazy money out of this. Course All the Winners they sponsor tot world competition are far from beauty or macho in anyway. I they know it.

The female part is the worse. Compare the ugly ducks they send to Miss world to the beauties from Brazil, America abi na Barbados or Jamaica, , SAD

Guardian:

CRAP. Guys' face and skin all look rough.

Nonesense. I get the Feeling The Bruce just enjoy making crazy money out of this. Course All the Winners they sponsor tot world competition are far from beauty or macho in anyway. I they know it.

The female part is the worse. Compare the ugly ducks they send to Miss world to the beauties from Brazil, America abi na Barbados or Jamaica, ,              SAD

why do people love painting any thing Nigeria  black. did the previous winners of the Mr Nigeria pageant did badly in the world stage? for your info Ikenna Brian okwara the Ist niaja rep made it to the semis in the world stage in 2007 while Kenneth okoli, the second niaja rep was the second runners up in 2010. so what da fuss about. Atleast at this stage, with their experience they know the demands of the competition in the world stage. the competition is not all about how cute, how macho, how prominent your packs are but also includes how intelligent, how smart, how well you carry yourself, how composed, how strong you can be in a physical exercise etc. all these are the essential ingredient of a  real mr.

though Bakare may not be as eye catching as his two predecessors, but let just give him a chance. nobody knows what may happen in the world stage.