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Video: Stacey Amoateng’s daughter Calista impressive at Mr/Miss Teen Tourism 2022
Award-winning Ghanaian teen rapper, Calista Meusique Ama Adoma Amoateng, has been selected as the only Ghanaian to represent at the 2022 Mr. and Miss Teen Tourism event to be held in the Philippines.
The talented rapper, who has a great love for the arts, is seeking to make the nation proud as she hopes to be the winner of the event, which will be competed for by several beauty pageants from across the globe.
The Mr. and Miss Tourism event is one of the most influential beauty pageants that grooms young ladies to be abreast with their country’s culture and traditions.
The 3rd edition of the event will be held in Manilla, Philippines from July 28 to August 6, 2022.
The 16-year-old first-year student of the Achimota School was selected to represent Ghana after she emerged as the winner of the Miss Tourism Ghana 2022 pageant.
She began rapping at the age of six, the first child of television presenter Stacy Amoateng and broadcaster and content creator Daniel Quophi Amoateng (Okyeame Quophi), and has since matured her art to become an award-winning rap sensation.
She is also an actress and a model and has featured in television several TV commercials.
Young Calista, who is seeking to make it big on the world stage, has a talent for drawing, make-up artistry, and hair styling. She is perusing Visual Arts, majoring in Graphic Design, Jewelry, and General Knowledge in Arts.
She is fluent in English, Korean, and Twi.
Calista has won several awards, including Emerging Artiste of the Year at the Africa Business and Arts Awards 2021; Emerging Artiste of the Year – Emerging Music Awards 2020; and New Artiste of the Year – Ghana Social Media, Business and Creative Arts Awards 2020.
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Prophet Atarah opens new studio, launches Atarah Praise 2025
Prophet Joseph Atarah has launched his annual event aimed at bringing believers together in an atmosphere of worship and praise.
The theme for this edition is ‘Restoration’ with the belief that patrons would be restored in the face of their challenges.
The programme will be in two parts, with the first scheduled to take place in the United Kingdom at 5pm on May 11, at Pleasant Place Church.
The Ghana edition will take place at the forecourt of Believer’s Grace Crown Ministry International, Bond Square, Adenta Barrier, at 4pm on May 25.
Prophet Atarah has paraded Piesie Esther, Kofi Owusu Peprah, Nana Yaw Asare and Mavis Asante among others for the Ghana edition.
For the UK edition, patrons will enjoy performances from Kofi Owusu Peprah, Kobby Mantey, Emmanuel Smith, and Ern Ruthy.
Speaking at the launch, Prophet Atarah said, God has been good throughout last year, and 2025 has started on a positive note.
Against this backdrop, he wants to bring believers together and, in unity, to praise God.
He said, like what happened last year, a lot of miracles will take place.
In a related development, Prophet Atarah also commissioned a new studio for rehearsals and live recordings.
This, he said, was not limited to him, but open to every musician across all genres.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Empress Gifty to thrill patrons at MTN Stands In Worship on Easter Sunday
Ghanaian gospel heavyweight, Empress Gifty is set to thrill thousands at this year’s MTN Stands In Worship event.
The programme brings believers together annually to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ.
This year’s edition, slated for the Grand Arena on Sunday, April 20, will feature Empress Gifty.
Against this backdrop, the anointed gospel musician has urged all patrons to come with a heart of worship and praise.
She is optimistic that a lot of miracles will happen through the ministration.
“Through our ministrations instant miracles will happen and you are going to have an encounter with God,” she told The Spectator.
Empress Gifty again appealed to patrons not to come alone, but with their families and friends to receive blessings.
Empress Gifty, who had a big song dubbed Watch Me, has been nominated in the Best Traditional Gospel Song of the Year and Gospel Artiste of the Year categories at this year’s 26th Telecel Ghana Music Awards.
