Did
you know there was a beauty pageant for virgins? Well, now you know.
A
19-year-old Nursing student named Mosunmola Oladipo, who attends Lagos
University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) won the Miss Virginity 2015
beauty pageant.
Punch reports that
she beat 51 other “self-confessed virgins” at the event held on Saturday in
Surulere.
Speaking
on preserving her virginity, Oladipo said: “It’s all about self-determination.
It is about knowing what you want to achieve. It is a thing of honour to be a
virgin.”
The
organizer of the pageant, Princess Adunni Adediran, said contestants
were not medically or physically tested and that judges considered the candidates’
appearances and I.Q.
Adediran
also said:
“I
was thinking of our female children who men repeatedly use to satisfy their
carnal desires before they are finally dumped. These girls will have undergone
several abortions till their wombs are damaged. And when they marry they cannot
have children. Some girls even run mad.”
Some
of the 52 contestants were mobilised by a Muslim cleric, Alfa Sharafadeen
Bulala.
When
he saw our handbills, he was excited at the prospects and invited virgins in
his mosque and the surrounding neighbourhood.
When
we started, we had a veteran gynaecologist helping us – Naimdeem Adeikemade.
But some parents were grumbling that we were violating the privacy of their
children by inspecting their privates. The ministry of health also wrote me a
letter in 2009 on the same issue.
This
time around, God forbid that anyone who is not a virgin would come here to
contest. I’m not testing them but they don’t know.”
According
to reports, officials at the event addressed the girls on health, social and
other related issues.
What do you think about the pageant? In the absence of medical and physical
tests, is it enough to confirm the assertion of virginity by the “candidates’
appearances and I.Q?” Also, what do you think about holding a similar
competition for men?
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