{"id":6527,"date":"2021-11-07T08:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T08:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2021-11-07T08:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T08:43:07","slug":"why-i-want-to-be-miss-maryland-usa-miss-mellissa-ikwubuo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/why-i-want-to-be-miss-maryland-usa-miss-mellissa-ikwubuo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why I want to be Miss Maryland USA.&#8221; Miss Mellissa Ikwubuo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 595<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div><p>Top model and Umuaka born American international beauty queen, Miss Mellissa Ikwubuo has explained to Umuaka Times why she wants to become Miss Maryland USA by May 2022 . Speaking with the Umuaka Times correspondent in America, the beauty queen who is currently engaged as a social worker specializing on &#8220;individuals with developmental disabilities,&#8221; confirmed that she became interested in the pageant &#8220;because it gives women like myself the opportunity to show who they are and the things they strongly believe in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The model whose height, charm and other interesting qualities stand her out exclusively above other models also told Umuaka Times what happens if she wins the beauty contest. &#8220;If\u00a0 I win, I will go on to represent the State of Maryland in the Miss USA pageant in 2021, where all the other winners from other states in the US compete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Concerning the special pet project she would like to embark upon if the star prize of Miss Maryland USA2022 becomes hers at last, Miss Mellissa Ikwubuo has this to say. &#8220;I will also use my platform to advocate for the importance of Mental Health and financial literacy. As I continue on my journey, things that are brought to my attention, I will look into and try to be a positive change in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the fall of education, positive social activities among the youths, the beauty queen deeply expressed her determination in being a positive force in the act of role modeling for the youths, especially young girls. &#8220;I also want to be a role model for young girls as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About the workable social strategy she wishes to employ to achieve all these, the Miss Melissa Ikwubuo concludes; &#8220;I don\u2019t want to do this by just saying do this and do that, but showing them you can be a strong, independent, confident, woman who stands for something they strongly believe in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Umuaka Times gathered that by April 2022, everything about the pageant must have been put in place while the competition holds in the next month May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>595 ViewsTop model and Umuaka born American international beauty queen, Miss Mellissa Ikwubuo has explained&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[47,37,43],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Why I want to be Miss Maryland USA.&quot; 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