Meet the 2014 finalists for Miss Black Africa UK

The Miss Black Africa UK Organisation has released the line-up of finalists for the 2014 edition of Miss Black Africa UK. The pageant is the largest ethnic pageant and was awarded the BEFFTA Best Beauty pageant in the UK for 2012 and 2013. The Grand Finale takes place on the 4th of October at the Royal Regency Hall, Manor Park in London. On the night, 25 girls from 12 African countries will compete to be crowned the new queen.

Founded in 2011, the pageant is highly competitive and seeks to bring out those leadership qualities in women. The winner becomes a goodwill ambassador for Miss Black Africa, charged with designing and implementing a charity program based on their Pageant Platform.

One of the Judges this year will be 1995 Miss World finalist, Rosemary Okeke, who will be flying in from Nigeria to join a distinguished panel of Judges. Rosemary was crowned Miss Nigeria in 1994 and set up a flourishing Fashion business. She is currently the Liaison Officer to Imo state Governor, His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Nollywood actress Ini Edo, was on the judging panel in 2013.

The outgoing queen, Sonia Ike and her team visited Nigeria in March 2014 on a 3 week charity project to refurbish and stock a children's library in Central School 7 in Imo State.

Miss Black Africa is sponsored by Supersonicz Financial Ltd