International Diva N'Kenge to Grace Miss Germany Stage

By: Feb. 23, 2018
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International Diva N'Kenge to Grace Miss Germany Stage

Broadway star and spellbinding songstress N'Kenge will perform at the Miss Germany Finals being held in the Europa Park Arena on February 24th.

The pageant, with a newly revamped show-stopping concept, will showcase N'Kenge as a featured performer, with creative direction by international star and choreographer Marvin A. Smith. The pageant will also feature an elaborate beauty shoot with renowned international portrait and fashion photographers Tobias Dick, Maik Rietentidt and Mohammad Gharavi.

N'Kenge is a formerly crowned Miss New York State Talented Teen and has also won the Miss Manhattan crown. She also holds a master's degree in music from New York's Julliard School. N'Kenge has traveled to Israel as a member of the Israel Vocal Arts Program and appeared in two operatic productions there. She's performed the role of Despina in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte in Rome, Italy and has performed the lead role of Juliet in the newly rediscovered opera Romeo und Julia by German composer Boris Blacher. She's toured Germany giving solo recitals and released an album of German classical songs, known as lieder. She's made her Broadway Debut in SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM singing alongside Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat and Norm Lewis and was described as "Electrifying" by the NY Post in her origination of the role of Mary Wells in MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL She has also starred in the Michael Jackson Tribute Show World Tour and has also been seen as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Indianapolis Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, to name a few. In addition to being a Brand Ambassador to celebrities' new go-to cosmetic line "Sharee Cosmetics" https://shereecosmetics.com/, N'Kenge it's also the Conceiver and Star of Broadway bound New musical inspired by the life and music of Hollywood's Legend Dorothy Dandridge.www.Nkengemusic.com @divankenge

The Miss Germany pageant finale is the culmination of over 100 city and state elections across the county, with 22 finalists being invited to a three-week beauty camp where the ladies receive a catwalk, royal and media coaching before the finale. This is the first time the modern multifunctional Event and Media Hall of German's largest amusement park (Europ-Park Arena) will be used for the pageant and will accommodate more than 1,200 guests. The Miss Germany Corporation originated in the early 1960s in Oldenburg and developed by Horst Klemmer to one of the largest organizers of beauty contests in Europe. The owner-managed company has several offices in Germany that organize city and state elections. Every year Miss Germany Corporation holds more than 100 events and identifies Miss Germany, Mister Germany and Miss 50plus.



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