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Melissa wins Glitz fashion competition

Young fashion designer, Melissa Arthur was last weekend crowned winner of the Jump on Glitz fashion designer competition, which was held as part of activities of the 2017 Glitz Africa Fashion Weekend.

Nana Kweku Agyenim-Boateng and Belinda Ofori were first and second runners-up respectively.

The competition was run by Jump by Busy in partnership with Glitz Africa to discover, nurture and jumpstart the fashion careers of talented fashion designers.

For her prize, Melissa went home with a Busy 4G Router with free 50GB worth of data for three months, a cash prize of GHs5,000 and an opportunity to showcase her collection at the 2018 Glitz Africa Fashion week.

First runner-up, Nana Kweku Agyenim-Boateng, a student at the Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design, received Busy products and six months’ worth of 4G data while second runner-up, Belinda Ofori, the creative director for Turquoise Couture, also went home with Busy products and 4 months’ worth of data.

The competition attracted entries from aspiring fashion designers all over the country. The entries were assessed with 12 finalists selected who were taken through masterclass sessions where they had the opportunity to interact with and learn from resource persons from Vlisco, prominent fashion designers such as Duaba Serwaa and television personality, Kwasi Kyei Darkwa.

The masterclass featured lessons on Fashion and Media, Brand Management and Marketing.

At the end of the exercise, five of them were shortlisted to proceed to the next stage which included internship opportunities with Nallem Clothing and Poqua Poqu Clothing.

The contestants were further asked to present finished designs from their sketches after which three applicants were chosen out of the lot.

Speaking on the Jump on Glitz initiative, CEO of Busy, Praveen Sadalage said his outfit’s new positioning is focused on creating platforms to empower the youth to make great things happen.

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