Grace Oyelude: The story of Nigeria’s first beauty queen

April 8th marks International Pageant Day, a day to celebrate the beauty, talent, and resilience of women in pageantry while inspiring young girls to discover the life-changing opportunities pageants can provide. The first beauty pageant in the world was the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, held in Scotland with Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, being crowned "Queen of Beauty". In Nigeria, the first beauty pageant was in 1957, and it was a photo contest! ALSO READ: Top 3 most popular beau