A second-year commercial management student, Mandjalia Gbane won the title of Miss Cote d’Ivoire 2017 on Saturday i.e. 3rd June 2017 in Abidjan, the economic capital of the country. The 21-year-old from Zanzan District will now represent her country in Miss World 2017. She was elected with 14.50% of the votes and replaced Esther Mémel.
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Gbane previously competed in Miss Model of the World 2016 in China where she won Miss Model of Africa and was considered the best in Swimsuit awards.
A total of 26 beautiful candidates competed for the coveted crown previously held by Esther Memel. The runners-up were DarlèneKassem (1st runner-up), Ericka Konaté (2nd runner-up), Elena Sanogo (3rd runner-up), and Carole Koffi (4th runner-up). The 25 other participants in the competition were also rewarded with several in-kind prizes from the official sponsors.
Miss Cote d'Ivoire is a national beauty pageant in Cote d'Ivoire and it came into existence in 1956.The committee Miss Cote d'Ivoire is an association chaired by Victor Yapobi (Comici).