“Last night, I felt the greatest joy” says 2018 MBGN World Winner Anita Ukah

The newest beauty queen in town Anita Ukah is starting to come to terms with the reality of last night’s win.

Following her crowning as 2018 MBGN, the 23-year-old queen took to Instagram to share her gratitude to people who showed her support.

She wrote, “Last night, I felt one of the greatest joys. I emerged as the winner of the most beautiful girl in Nigeria and would be representing Nigeria at the Miss World pageant. To my wonderful designer @viitalys who made all my outfits, thank you so much. You pulled off all my outfits in less than 10 days. Thank you so much. To my new family @silverbirdmbgn thank you so much for this platform and u look forward to working with you. And to my family, thank you so much! I love you guys so much…”

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Last night , I felt one of the greatest joys. I emerged as the winner of the most beautiful girl in Nigeria and would be representing Nigeria at the miss world pageant. I honestly can't say enough thank you to everyone who voted me and tagged people to do so. Thank you so much! And I pray that when they time comes, people show up for you To my wonderful designer @viitalys who made all my outfits, thank you so much . You pulled off all my outfits in less that 10 days. Thank you so much. To my new family @silverbirdmbgn thank you so much for this platform and I look forward to working with you. And to my family, thank you so so much! I love you guys so much @sylvvy_ @omapoppin @dennis_bassey @obi.jacqueline @nicolejerry_ @officialsandrine11 @kwineth

A post shared by Miss World Nigeria 2018 (@anita_ukah) on Sep 22, 2018 at 7:45am PDT

Anita beat 36 girls to the coveted crown on Friday night.

Photo Credit: @silverbirdmbgn