Beauty pageant contestants drown during beach photoshoot

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A beauty pageant contestant has lost her life when a strong wave hit her during a photoshoot on the Oasis beach in Cape Coast on Thursday.

The deceased had been one of the ladies participating in the Face of University of Ghana beauty pageant. They had been standing on rocks for a photoshoot when the wave hit.

According to Prime News Ghana, the two have been identified as, Sara Kwarteng and Lily Ampofowaa Asiedu from the University of Education, Mampong campus and the University of Ghana, Legon, respectively.


Sources indicate that Lily’s body was found and confirmed dead at a hospital but Sara’s body has still not been found.

 

The Director of Public Affairs of the University of Cape Coast, Major (rtd) Baah Bentum, said the ladies, who were participating in the “Face of USAG”, were part of a group of students who were attending the annual congress of the University Students Association at the University of Cape Coast.

The parents of the deceased have been informed.


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