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It�s a fact that most pageants are more beauty-influenced than brains and the two most prestigious pageants in Ghana�Miss Ghana and Miss Malaika are no exception. Since beauty is subjective, it makes sense if that is overlooked in determining which of the contests is slightly ahead of the other. I have a strong aversion to comparison because all fingers are not equal and it�s in this vein that I will never compare Miss Ghana and Miss Malaika. Comparing the two pageants will be like forcing a square peg into a round hole � it will never fit. Miss Ghana was launched to propagate Ghana�s cultural values. Its core aim was to protect our heritage and our culture. Fast forward to today, that beauty pageant is now all about empowering young women to positively impact society as well as fulfil their aspirations. Young ladies are desperate to be beauty queens as they find it a relatively easier route to getting closer to their dream.This has put beauty pageants in high demand, and seeing how gullible some of these ladies are, people are taking advantage and introducing all forms of pageants. Beauty pageants have seen major growth. The numbers keep increasing all the time. It�s like every now and then; a new beauty pageant is introduced, perhaps due to the financial dividends that come from organising such pageants. It is not certain it is the financial gains or because it has become the in-thing but beauty pageants have multiplied in Ghana. I, however, believe that the numerous challenges Miss Ghana and its organisation faced in the past has also contributed to this new phenomenon. People had to fill the void created by the no-show from the Miss Ghana organisers by introducing new pageants. After successfully crowning a new queen for 2013 recently, the Miss Ghana franchise owners, Exclusive Events Ghana Limited headed by Miss Ghana 2004, Inna Patty is on a �Thank You� tour to the offices of the sponsors of this year�s edition of the pageant. Miss Inna Patty takes the three queens, Miss Ghana 2013, Miss Giuseppina Nana Akua Baafi, and her two runners-up, Margaret Kuma Mintah and Selorm Amudzi, with a couple of media personnel to visit and show appreciation to the companies whose support saw this year�s pageant come on successfully. After one of such visit, we retired at a food joint to munch on some food as we were hungry. After the meal, the queens decided to share their experiences prior to the event and after. A lot of things were said but quite shockingly, two of the queens confessed that they were approached many times through phone calls to dump their Miss Ghana dream and jump on the Miss Malaika train. Reasons were given on why they should take part in the Malaika pageant instead of Miss Ghana. Some of the reasons were very ridiculous and not to be taken serious. For instance, the then contestants were told the prizes for the Malaika ladies were much bigger than Miss Ghana�s. Also, they were told that if they took part in Miss Malaika, they would have more travelling opportunities because Miss Malaika is more popular. This means someone is trying to compare Miss Malaika and Miss Ghana. Now it�s time for me to join and compare both pageants in just three areas which formed part of their discussions�popularity, prizes for the winners and travelling opportunities. Mind you, every individual has his or her preferences, so it�s not for me to say or force down the throat of Ghanaians which of the two is better.