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The War between the organiser of Sisi Eko beauty pageant, Mrs Tonia Martins and queen Yinka Adewale is getting bad by the day over unpaid prizes.
On Saturday, December 17, 2011, Yinka, a 19-year old UNILAG undergraduate of English Language, emerged the winner of the maiden edition of Sisi Eko beauty contest.
To her, she immediately felt relieved as she thought she would then become a car owner, N200,000 richer and have a year modelling contract to herself as Tonia’s Sisi Eko beauty pageant promised the pageant winner.
But alas! six months after the event, she has not gotten any of her prizes.
According to Yinka, i have made efforts to get her prizes from Tonia but she has always been given different excuses that was why i decided to take the Action i am taking now which is the Legal thing,i am not asking for more than what i won
According to Yinka i pay for my own wears, hairdo, cab hire which the organisers should have provided the beauty queen in her capacity as one,infact let me put it this way one kobo has not exchanged hands between us since i won
We were further told that Tonia once granted an interview to a fashion blogger, Joseph Odiga, where she claimed Yinka has been given her car and other prizes won as promised the winner of the contest.
Yinka became Angry the moment she saw that Tonia has started running adverts for the second edition of the beauty show and saw that Tonia promised the winner of the 2012 edition of Sisi Eko a trip to the United Kingdom along with other prizes,she disclosed that the sad part of the story was that Tonia made her to stop doing her catwork modelling which brings her a lot of money.
Already, she has asked intending contestants to pay the sum of N5000 into a bank account with auditions coming up in August and October.
Meanwhile, the beauty queen, Yinka has asked Her lawyer, Festus Keyamo to write Tonia notifying her of Yinka’s intention to take her to the courts if she does not pay her what she won.
She was given seven days to pay Yinka her prizes won or face a lawsuit,in our own way of getting the other side Naijahottestgist spoke to
c Tonia Martins and confirmed that yes Yinka has not gotten her prizes but wonder why she was taken all the Actions she is taken,she claimed that Yinka is like her Daughter she had known for 3 years before she contested and wonder why she decided to make her Lawyer write her and Also use the press against her,She disclosed that she spoke to Barrister Festus Keyanmo who said he didnt know anything about the case and wonder how his letterhead was used for the story,she disclosed that she was willing to give Yinka her prizes and hope that with little patience all will be resolved as Yinka is her Daughter,we shall keep tracking this story for you.
