This Is Why Everyone Is Laughing At The Mombasa Awards! You Should See Their Award Trophy. (Photos)
The much-awaited (I’m kidding) Mombasa Awards went down last weekend at the Azura lounge.
The ceremony attracted pretty much all leading and upcoming stars from across the Coastal city with different awards in many different categories up for grabs including Best New Artist, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist and even Best DJ.
Everything was running according to plan including the free and fair awarding of the winners which attracted very little discontent and protests from the crowd and nominees like…Until it was time to actually dish out the Awards.
But one thing that has been making social media laugh at and mock the Award Organizers is the TROPHY itself.
Probably due to lack of creativity or resources,the Awards Founder Douglas Mickie ended up commissioning one of the ugliest and terribly weak trophies ever seen at an Award event.
Taking inspiration from the BET AWARDS,Douglas and his crew ended up copying the whole concept of the BET trophy and replicating it horribly in Mombasa.
And instead of having a shiny,glittering chunk of sculptural masterpiece,The Mombasa Awards ended up with poorly-chopped wood with uneven edges,pathetic finishing,odd shape and an unsightly black oil color splashed allover the pieces of wood.
UGLIEST. TROPHY. EVER.
Below is a photo of the BET Awards trophy alongside that of the ridiculous Mombasa Awards trophy.
And to further compound matters,one of the winners at the Awards ended up home with a broken piece of wood because,after slightly dropping it due to excitement,the whole thing cracked into two like an old log in an old village river.
However,there’s some good news.
Joe Kariuki,the President of Candy and Candy Records has decided to re-award EVERY ONE who won with a whole new trophy made by the finest blacksmiths in town and with the finest metal,rubies and sapphire diamonds.
Speaking to Ghafla.co.ke, Joe said,
“I was at the Awards ceremony and even presented an Award as a special guest. I saw the trophies. They were horrendous. I gave therefore decided to offer each and every winner a whole new trophy made by my team – a shiny piece of metal made from the finest stones and iron and sculpted with the finest artistry in town. You will tell the difference… “
Local Award ceremonies are notorious for dishing out weak,ugly trophies probably made by homeless thugs by the riverside.
We don’t want to see a repeat of that. No,seriously.
And here’s the Award that broke into two less than ten minutes after the winner was presented it….
