I won to the memory
of my parents
Edited by: TOSIN AJIRIRE
Saturday, November 29, 2008
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•Avenette
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This year’s Next Movie Star has been crowned. She is
Avenette Tennema Sirleaf from Liberia. The 26 year-old beauty
queen emerged the winner weekend after going through lots
of rigorous activities in the NMS house. The contest had lasted
about four weeks.
However, Avenette whose hobbies include acting and singing
had expressed shock and disbelief when she was announced the
winner. “I feel so happy and honoured. It’s wonderful.
I am excited and the whole of Liberia will be happy for me
and be proud of what I have achieved for them, I thank God.
Liberia has been down for so long due to war, not been able
to showcase the talents we have. Now, we are back on track,
my emergence as winner of the Next Movie Star is a testimony.
It is a dream come true for me and for the memory of my parents
who are both late.”
The winner asserted further: “I will go back home to
Liberia, start work on my projects and work out collaborations
between Nigeria and Liberia not only in movies, but also in
music because I do music too, so I am a complete entertainer.”
The sojourn to the Next Movie Star had started with 16 housemates
and later 17 that included Cassandra Clottey (Ghana), Adebola
Adams (Nigeria), Elame Violet Weeks (Sierra-Leone), Munah
Pelham (Liberia), Zerziya Jonathan Wilson (Nigeria), Avenette
Tennema Sirleaf (Liberia), Luqman Idris Neindow (Ghana), Wael
Suleiman Muhieddine (Lebanon/ Nigeria), Evangeline Ehinonhem
Ifeietekhai (Nigeria), Nina Janet Conteh (Sierra-Leone), Emmanris
Cole (Sierra-Leone), Ejine Emila Okoroafor (Nigeria), Karen
Igho (Nigeria), Samson Babatunde Ajadi (Nigeria), Joseph Choloplay
Weah Jnr (Liberia), Frances Jah (Gambia) and Sofia Agbeyengah
(Ghana).
However, six out of the 17 housemates had crossed the final
hurdles to the coveted and prestigious prize. Four out of
them were Nigerians including Samson Babatunde Ajadi, Zerziya
Jonathan Wilson, Evangeline Ehinomhen Ifeietekhai and Wael
Suleiman Muhieddine, while the remaining two are Luqman Idris
Neindow from Ghana and the eventual winner Avenette Tennema
Sirleaf from Liberia. Zerziya and Wael from Nigeria came second
and third respectively.
Mr. Sola Fajobi, producer of NMS was full of excitement seeing
the Liberian emerging the winner. He quipped: “As you
can see, that Avenette has proved to all that there exist
abundant talents in Liberia and in the whole of Africa. The
Next Movie Star has grown to become an international brand,
the pride of Africa, approved and accepted by the viewers
as the biggest movie authority in Africa.“
Avenette is carting home a brand new car, movie contracts,
a flat for one year, $5,000 cash prize, all expenses paid
trip to a European country and attendance of a major film
festival in Europe. Other housemates are expected to go home
with N10 million worth of prizes.
The show was sponsored by FUMMAN, Sezeyi Party Shop, Mikano,
Somotex, Rolatirade, Harmony Castle Hotel, Miss & Mrs
Make-up, Fantastique Hair & Nails, Sholizza, Tobanj Energy
Oil and Gas.
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