Miss Ghana 2012, Miss Naa Okailey Shooter has assured Ghanaians that she will win the 2013 Miss World crown.

The Ghanaian beauty queen will be representing the country at the 2013 edition of the beauty pageant which comes off on Saturday, September 28 at the Sentul International Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Miss Naa Okailey Shooter, speaking in an interview with Myjoyonline.com after the launch of the 2013 edition of the Miss Ghana pageant at the Mahogany Hotel in Accra Tuesday, expressed confidence that this year’s winner will come from Ghana.

Time for Africa, time for Ghana

“I believe that this is the year for Africa and specifically this is the year for Ghana. When I stand on the stage I am not standing there as 'Naa Okailey', I’m standing there because I am representing my country Ghana and I don’t want to just make myself and my family proud, I want to make Ghana and Africa as a whole proud,” the aspiring medical doctor said.

According Naa Okailey, “in the history of Miss World we’ve just had one lady with black skin that was Miss Nigeria 2001 [winning the crown] and I want to be the next.”

She said she is confident of winning the crown because of “the Beauty with a Purpose aspect of Miss World. Miss World has embodied that so it’s not just about beauty but it’s about how you impact the life of society and as Miss Ghana I am impacting the life of the aged and the youth.”

Miss Shooter, who had to defer her medical course at the University of Ghana to be Miss Ghana, said her preparation towards this year’s pageant has been a learning curve for her: “Each day offers me an opportunity to learn more ... day in day out I’m learning more and I’m being groomed so I am ready.”

Already, out of the about 129 contestants from across the world who are vying for the Miss World crown, Miss Ghana has been ranked among the top 15 contestants for the pageant by Missosology.