Miss Universe: What's Chidinma's crown?

By Uduma Kalu 

Many people are still guessing about the esoteric costume rejected South African but Nigerian representative to the Miss Universe 2024, Chidinma Adestina.

While, I saw the answer on Ms Justina Okpanku's Facebook wall.

Justina us a journalist. She explained that the crown was the head and costume for Africa's biggest masquerade, Ijele.

Ijele, soldier ants, is a made up art of the insects into a a big masquerade.

The soldier ants gather in their millions and can rise in heights and width.

It is officially Africa's biggest masquerade, arguably, world's biggest also.

Chidinma won the Miss Universe Africa and we on to become the second runner up at the Miss Universe pageants.

Ijele masquerade costume on display

Chidinma wearing the Ijele costume