Miss Polo International is an international

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with a focus on the sport of

polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

. It was created in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

by Ibife Alufohai in

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. It was established help give participants a platform that seeks to bring people from around the world together to promote the participation of women in global activities and improve educational opportunities.

History

The pageant started in

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

. Nasneen Sheikh from

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, representing Miss Polo India was crowned the first Miss Polo International in Abuja, Nigeria. In

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, the second edition was hosted in

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, Dewanti Kumala from

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, representing Miss Polo Indonesia was crowned as the winner. Miss Polo International is a non-swimsuit/non-bikini beauty pageant instead participants have five components that go into their score: a project, an interview, fashion, sports wear, and evening gown. The aims of the pagent are to promote education and carry out charitable acts globally, especially in the most impoverished regions of the world. The pageant seeks to promote the beauty found within everyone including

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, and

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. In order to participate in the pageant contestants must have a background in volunteering in their local community. The winner of the pageant serves as an ambassador and works to improve educational initiatives and work to host fundraisers.

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{{Reflist Beauty pageants for people of specific ethnic or national descents International beauty pageants Recurring events established in 2018 2018 establishments in Nigeria