Top Model of the World Ghana 2013 Miss Universe Ghana 2014 Queen Beauty Universe 2016 Miss Earth Ghana 2019 Miss Grand USA 2020 Miss Grand International 2020
Hair color
Black
Eye color
Brown
Major competition(s)
Top Model Ghana 2013 (Winner) Top Model of the World 2013 (Unplaced) Miss Universe Ghana 2014 (Winner) Miss Universe 2014 (Unplaced) Queen Beauty Universe 2016 (Winner) Miss World America 2017 (Top 16) Miss Earth Ghana 2019 (Winner) Miss Earth 2019 (Top 20) Miss Grand USA 2020 (Winner) Miss Grand International 2020 (Winner)
Evelyn Abena Akuaba Appiah (born June 2, 1993) is a Ghanaian–American singer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Queen Beauty Universe 2016 and Miss Grand International 2020.[1][2] She was appointed as Miss Grand USA and became the first Black woman to win the Miss Grand International crown.[3][4] She previously represented Ghana in two of the Big Four international beauty pageants but lost in Miss Universe 2014 and Miss Earth 2019.[5][6]
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1955), Adwoa (born 1960) and Abena (born 1962). The Appiah family returned to Ghana in late 1954. Soon after, Joe Appiah's close friendship with Kwame...
2019. Retrieved November 19, 2021. "Who is Miss Earth Ghana 2019 Evelyn AbenaAppiah?". Rappler. October 17, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Castro, David...
her, with her daughter Abena, were her two grandchildren, Mimi and Mame Yaa. In 1996, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Peggy Appiah the MBE "for services to...
of Paraguay. On March 27, 2021, in Bangkok, Thailand, Figuera crowned AbenaAppiah from the United States as her successor. Ntn24.com. "Otra corona para...
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