[ 2012-09-23 ]

Miss Ghana finalists hit the jungle
All twenty finalists of this year's Miss Ghana
beauty pageant have successfully undergone a
four-day Military Boot Camp at the St. Anthony
Barracks of the Jungle Warfare School of the Ghana
Armed Forces at Achiase, in the Eastern Region.

The four-day training exercise was to afford the
contestants a unique opportunity to experience at
first hand, the dynamics of the military
institution, which is regarded as a forte of
discipline, as well as to condition them mentally
for the journey ahead of the national finals.

They were taken through physical training, which
included regular fitness workouts, courses in time
management and communication, as well as lessons
in team building and cohesion.

Officials of the institution said the lessons
where structured around those areas to help the
contestants better appreciate time, communicate
well with each other and also build a formidable
unit force ahead of the finals, which is weeks
away.

Not only were they given classroom lessons, the
contestants were taken through various fitness
drills during their four-day stay at the Jungle
Warfare School.

They took part in a special “Booby Trap”
training session in the jungle, which was to
enable them value the techniques used to withstand
threats and possible opposition, as well as a
firing/shooting demonstration, whose moral was to
get the contestants to aim and achieve their
targets in life.

It was an exhausting yet fun-filled four-day
exercise that also saw the contestants take part
in a mountain-climbing exercise off Mountain
Apimso, one of the highest in the Eastern Region.

Obviously impressed by the dedication and
seriousness with which they took their Boot Camp,
officials of the facility said the Miss Ghana 2012
contestants were one of their best trainees in
recent times.

“We've been receiving guests here every now and
then, but you are special. You've shown that you
are not just beauty queens, but young ladies with
passion and dedication for what you believe in,”
said Major Joseph Buame of the JWS.

“We hosted you because we believe this pageant
adds to Ghana's heritage, and we are happy that
you proved us right by excelling in the tasks we
gave you during your four-day stay”.

Source - Modernghana

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