20 year old Maureen Onu, a
contestant in the 2016 Miss
Tourism Nigeria pageant
which is billed to take place
on July 9th, has died.
Maureen Onu who is
described as one of the
brightest contestants died in
the early hours of Thursday
June 16th after a brief illness.
Speaking on this loss, Santiago
Roberts, CEO of the Miss
Tourism Nigeria Organization
says “the brand has lost a true
and a great gem; Maureen
was one of the brightest who
was always prompt to carry
out instructions/tasks
giving and willing to learn; she
was looking forward to
representing her state with
pride during this year’s finals
and with the hopes of
becoming the first ever
national tourism queen from
Ebonyi state.”
The Organisation also
promised to redesign the
content and production of the
event to honour the lost
contestant.
May her soul rest in peace.