Popular Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson has started a campaign against some pageant organizers days after controversy about Miss Ghana verdict went public.
Lydia is not happy about how some pageant organizers exploit young ladies who partake in pageants and urged entertainment journalists to investigate such issues instead of conniving with organizers in their gimmicks.
She started her campaign on social twitter yesterday with a lot of tweets and spoke extensively about how she discovered how some pageant organizers made young ladies pay for pageants.
What amazed her the most was the fact that women always spearheaded some of these pageantry organizations. �If more girls would be bold to speak out, maybe there could be a solution to this.
But too many young girls are so desperate to be �popular� they�ll all but sell themselves for it. Again this isn�t to condemn all beauty pageants; there are some credible ones out there, just as there are some corrupt ones.
If people were held accountable for their actions etc. We would have so many young girls spending everything they have just to get �a crown.� And if some journalists would dedicate some of their time to look into these things instead of peddling false stories, it would help.
In R [our] minds, its [it is] just a beauty pageant, what�s the big deal? Well if we instill corruption in girls at this age, what will happen when they grow?
So I end by saying, when u [you] C [see] anything wrong, speak out. People will h8 [hate] U [you] threaten u, etc. But U may have saved sum1 [someone] out thr [there], u dont [don�t] no [know],� Lydia tweeted. Lydia�s comments come at time there is an ongoing controversy about Miss Ghana.
She believes if more girls who suffered unfair treatments can come out to expose organizers in public, it will save the face of beauty pageants in this country.
Lydia tweeted a lot and one of her earliest tweets read, �So being the �big mouth� person that I am, about to voice my concerns over this. And hope a lot more people will be speak up on it.�
She went on to say, �So today, I�ll be treating the subject of �Beauty Pageants.� My little cousin, ok she�s not so little anymore, has tried out for a lot of beauty pageants! And I have encouraged her to, just for fun. I just feel it�s an avenue to boost your confidence and meet people who may help shape your life.
Even though she�s bn [been] rejected a couple of times, I still encourage her if she wants 2 cont. [continue] b/c [because] it takes a lot of bravery 2 [two] have ppl [people] judge u [you].� �Forgive my long speech, I want u all to have a clear idea of something before I continue.
You may wonder why my cousin has been rejected several times, she�s smart, beautiful nd [and] has the most beautiful dark skin I�ve ever seen. �Until she recently told me that she had been asked on several occasions to indirectly pay for things.
I was surprised, and couldn�t believe it, until another lady, who like my cousin tried out for a pageant told me the same thing.�
She continued do her own investigations and was amazed at the findings as pageant organizers asked contestants for money. �These girls in some cases have to buy their own food at camp, spend on their own clothes for TV, and even transportation.
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