Adwoa Yamoah

Adwoa Yamoah (born November 21, 1986) is a Ghanaian-Canadian beauty pageant contestant who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Canada 2012[1] and represented Canada in the Miss Universe 2012 pageant after the winner Sahar Biniaz allegedly hurt her foot a few days before the pageant was about to start.

Adwoa Yamoah
Adwoa Yamoah winning the Miss Sun and Salsa 2007 title at the Sun and Salsa Festival in Calgary, Alberta
Born
Adwoa Yamoah

(1986-11-21) November 21, 1986
Accra, Ghana
Home townCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe Canada 2012 (1st runner-up)
Miss Universe 2012

Early life

Born in Accra, Ghana, Adwoa immigrated to Canada at a very young age. She speaks English and Twi. She is from Calgary, Alberta.

She graduated from Mount Royal College and is currently working in promotions and marketing for Corus Radio, one of Canada's largest media companies in the Calgary office. She was Calgary Stampeders Cheerleader (one of the youngest applicants) which led to her teaching dance professionally. Her career ambition is to open an Advertising Agency which focuses on interactive media.

Adwoa's interests include reading, music and spending time with her family and friends.[2]

Miss Universe Canada 2012 & Miss Universe

Yamoah participated in Miss Universe 2012,[3][4] and was named "Best Runway Model",[5] while Sahar Biniaz became Miss Universe Canada 2012.[6] Biniaz was expected to represent Canada at Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas but a few days before the expected arrival she allegedly hurt her foot and because of that Adwoa Yamoah, the first runner-up,[7] got the opportunity to represent Canada.

In 2018, Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker reported that Donald Trump, owner of the Miss Universe Organization at the time, personally interfered with the selection of finalists in the Miss Universe contestant selection, in order to further his other business interests around the world. Tobin's reporting was based on testimony form contestants, including Yamoah, who said:[8]

He made comments about every girl: ‘I’ve been to that country.’ ‘We’re building a Trump Tower there.’ It was clear the countries that he liked did well. He’d whisper to Paula about the girls, and she’d write it down. He basically told us he picked nine of the top fifteen.

References
  1. Cahute, Larissa (December 7, 2012). "Vancouver woman out of Miss Universe". The Province. Postmedia. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. "Adwoa Yamoah's biography and career". beautiesofcanada.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. "Photos: Miss Universe 2012's Most Bizarre National Costumes". style.time.com. Time Warner. December 19, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  4. Parekh, Rupal (December 20, 2012). "USA Snags Miss Universe Crown, But Canada May Get Digital Agency". AdAge.com. Crain Communications Inc. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  5. "Transgender beauty contestant takes spotlight from rivals". CBC News. CBC/Canadian Press. May 17, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  6. "Transgender contestant falls short at Miss Universe Canada". CBC News. CBC/The Canadian Press. May 19, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  7. Pederson, Laura (May 12, 2012). "Sahar Biniaz crowned Miss Universe Canada". sunnewsnetwork.ca. Sun News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014. Adwoa Yamoah, of Calgary, was first runnerup.
  8. Toobin, Jeffrey (February 19, 2018). "Trump's Miss Universe Gambit". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Sahar Biniaz		 Miss Universe Canada
2012		 Succeeded by
Riza Santos
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