20-Year-Old Miss Tourism Nigeria Contestant, Maureen Onu Is Dead

Less than a month to the 2016 edition of the Miss Tourism Nigeria Beauty pageant, one of its contestants, 20-year-old Miss Maureen Onu, has died.

Miss Onu, who was billed to represent Ebonyi state at the competition on July 9th, reportedly died on Thursday June 16th after a brief illness.

The organizers of the beauty pageant have said they would redesign the content and production of the show and dedicate the show to the memory of Maureen.