AGBANI to host International Fashion Week

It comes as no surprise as Agbani Darego, a
former world beauty queen and international
super model has been headlined as the host of
the 2013 Port Harcourt International Fashion
Week tagged, Native & Vogue.
Agbani won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
pageant and Miss World pageant respectively in
2001. She said her nomination as the hostess
of the maiden edition of the Port Harcourt
International Fashion Week was a privilege and
an honour. “It was on the platform of Rivers
State that I came to win the MBGN title and
thereafter the Miss World pageant in 2001. So,
an initiative of the state government that seeks
to promote, encourage young and aspiring
designers and models into the professional
world is one that I would gladly support and,
in fact, I see it as an honour to have been
considered for the role,” she said.
The three-day event is a Private-Public
Partnership initiative of the state government
and it is aimed at bringing together
professional fashion designers from Nigeria
and around the world. It would also be a
wonderful opportunity for upcoming designers
to undergo tutelage under the mentorship of
professionals.
Young designers would showcase their works in
a competition that would have the winner go
home with a cash prize of N500, 000 and an
all-expenses paid six months scholarship to the
reputable Capecon Fashion School, South
Africa.