The Long Way Around with Chiaky

I won a crown… and then they took it back.In this episode, I share the story behind that moment: what happened publicly, what was said, and what it felt like to be judged, questioned, and ultimately disqualified based on standards that were never clearly defined.After being crowned Miss Intercontinental Ghana, things shifted quickly. Conversations moved from the achievement to my appearance. Opinions became louder than facts. And a decision was made, not based on anything measurable, but on what people believed I represented.But beyond the headlines and statements, there was a person in the middle of it all.This episode isn’t just about a crown being taken away. It’s about what that experience revealed - about beauty, validation, identity, and how easily people project their expectations onto you.This is the story of what I held onto, what I had to unlearn, and what it meant to separate who I am from what people decided I should be.Because sometimes, what matters most isn’t the crown…It’s who you are beneath it.