There were so much fashionable appearances at the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award ‘22 runway show as celebrities came together to celebrate the rich culture and diversity in Africa.
The eighth edition of the AMVCAs started with an opening night gala to its first ever Runway Show that took place on Sunday, May 8 at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.
Multi-Choice put together a line-up of events for the eight days long festival, and last night was the debut of ‘The Design For The Stars’ runway competition in collaboration with Bella Naija.
The second event was filled with popular faces in the entertainment industry including Juliet Ibrahim, Nancy Isime, Idia Aisien, Dénola Grey, Noble Igwe, Adunne Ade, BBN stars Emmanuel Umoh and Saskay, among others.
Styl Plus and Ajebo Hustlers also made an appearance at last night show as they performed for the guests.
Fashion designer, Mai Atafo hosted the runway show, as Yemi Alade wore 26 packs of pink Lush Hair in company of the great Denrele Edun and if there’s anything you can trust Denrele to do, it’s to bring the drama.
The fabulous runway show sponsored by PEPSI and Lush Hair was created to support and give young designers a platform as nine designers competed with one-of-a-kind fashion pieces to win a grand total of 6 million Naira.
The top 9 designers were coached by some Nigeria’s leading designers, such as Lanre Da-Silva Ajayi, Mai Atafo and Adebayo Oke-Lawal.
Amy Aghomi, Azeezat Alawusa, Ezioghene Egbelefiyo, Felix Asuquo, Ikechukwu Nwosu, Obinna Omeruo, Omowunmi Pillot, Oseluese Okpamen, and Sophie Chamberlain were the nine young, up-and-coming designers chosen from hundreds of contestants.
They have been working for the past two weeks to create unique collections to be showcased at the runway show, but three out of the nine won by majority of votes from the event’s audience and judges, Ebuka Obi, Dénola Grey, Idia Aisien and Stephanie Coker.
Obinna Omeruo, Felix Asuquo, and Sophie Chamberlain went home with N5 million each but among the highlights of the night was when PEPSI gave Obinna and Sophie N1 million each for exhibiting an excellent Pepsi Street Collection.
The AMVCA ‘22 continues today, as students from the MultiChoice Talent factory program lead with movie screenings and panel discussions for Young Filmmakers Day.
