Chelsea Tayui (born 28 November 1995) is a Ghanaian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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in 2020 and represented Ghana at the

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pageant.

Early life and education

Tayui is a native of

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in the

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of Ghana. She graduated from the

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in Chicago, U.S. with a bachelor's degree in Communications and Media. She is a communications executive currently works part time as the communications director for The KJM Foundation - a non-profit organization (NGO) seeking to create a world where every individual has access to basic human needs. She initially started as a volunteer with KJM working on several developmental projects including clean water projects for impoverished villages in Ghana.

Pageantry

Miss Universe Ghana 2020

On 26 September 2020, Tayui was crowned

at a private ceremony held at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra. Due to complications resolving from

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, the regular open mass scouting session was not used. She was appointed and crowned after a unanimous decision between MALZ Promotions, organisers of the pageant in Ghana and Miss Universe International, was reached to privately appoint her as the Miss Universe Ghana. As Miss Universe Ghana 2020, she competed at the

pageant.

Miss Universe 2020

Tayui represented Ghana at the

, which was held in May 2021 at

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, United States After the competition had been postponed from late 2020 to mid 2021 due to the

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. She however did not make it into the Top 21.

References

External links

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UP CLOSE: Miss Universe GhanaChelsea Tayui: An Interview with Miss Universe Ghana
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