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Grace Aliyah Bangura leads Sierra Leone’s Miss University 2026 vote

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Grace Aliyah Bangura, a Limkokwing University student, leads public voting in Sierra Leone’s Miss University 2026 competition with 52.38% of the votes. Second-week results put her ahead of Theresa Josephine Conteh and Dudlynette Harding, while the final is scheduled for 31 October in Freetown, Sierraloaded reports.

Grace Aliyah Bangura, a student at Limkokwing University of Sierra Leone, is leading the second week of public voting in the AYV Miss University 2026 competition, with 52.38% of the votes, according to results published by the organisers on 21 October. Theresa Josephine Conteh, of Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology, is in second place with 17.34%, ahead of Dudlynette Harding of Fourah Bay College, who has 15.11%.

The final of the competition is scheduled for Saturday 31 October at the Bintumani Conference Centre in Aberdeen, in the capital, Freetown. The public can vote by dialling *3113#; each vote costs two new Sierra Leonean leones (NLe).

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