Emmanuel Ikubese, was on Saturday night crowned Mr Nigeria 2014 at an event held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The 25-year-old actor, popularly known as Femi from MTV‘s drama series ‘Shuga‘ got a car, a modelling contract and N1m prize money. He would also represent Nigeria at the Mr World contest in the Netherlands later this year.
Ikubese defeated 19 other contestants to emerge winner of
the annual contest, organised by the Silverbird Group.
The event featured stage
appearances in different outfits and performances by the 20 contestants.
The contestants appeared on
stage in different attires and gave different artistic performances before
being reduced to 10.
The hosts then took them
through a question and answer routine before they were again reduced by half,
where Ikubese emerged as winner.
Austine Igwilo and Michael
Amilo clinched the first and second-runner up positions respectively.
The winner of the contest told
NAN that he would use his position as Mr Nigeria to be a good role model and to
inspire millions of youths and encourage them to chase their dreams.
He said, “I am currently part
of a campaign against HIV/AIDS and I will also do my own projects.
“One of them is the fight
against domestic violence because I have come across a lot of such violence in
the news in recent times.
“The case of the man who
stabbed his wife 72 times got to me and I decided to take it up. We are
Africans and we are honourable men and beating our women is never a sign of our
strength.”
Ikubese added that: “I want to
get us talking about God-given innate African qualities again and encourage our
men to be real men.”
The Mr Nigeria 2014, who studied International Relations at
the United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya, hails from Kwale in
Delta State.
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| Winner: Ikubese Emmanuel |
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| 1st runner up: Austine Igwilo |
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