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Erica Yayra Nego (born Шаблон:Circa in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American-Ghanaian businesswoman, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was elected Miss Minnesota USA 2009 and Miss Universe Ghana 2011,[1][2][3]

Nego is the co-founder of Style & Grace, a Minneapolis-based etiquette academy.[4][5]

Early life

Nego was born in about 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[6][7][8] At the age of 12, she was signed to Ford Modeling Agency.Шаблон:Cn She is of Ghanaian,[9] German and Persian ancestry.[10]

Pageants

As Miss Minnesota USA 2009, Nego competed at Miss USA 2009 placing in the top 15 at the competition.[1] She also competed at Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.[11]

In popular culture

The play School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh was inspired by the 2011 Miss Universe Ghana competition in which Nego participated,[12][13] and the controversy around colorism that this contest sparked.[14]

References

Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Miss USA 2009 delegates Шаблон:Miss Universe 2011 delegates Шаблон:Authority control

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