Renowned television talk show host, Deloris Frimpong Manso, affectionately known as Delay won the overall top prize award at the just ended Verna Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA).
During the 3rd edition of the Verna Ghana Outstanding Women Awards, Delay at the end of the Awards Gala was crowned the Outstanding Woman of the Year.
Delay, 38, beat competition from actresses Nana Ama McBrown, Joselyn Dumas as well as Margaret Afriyie, and Cynthia Yeboah to clinch the topmost award at the GOWA, an initiative to honour and award women making significant progress and impact in their various fields.
Delivering her acceptance speech, Delay said as a university dropout who came from very humble beginnings, her win should serve as an inspiration to women across the country.
“This is the biggest, Woman of the Year, that’s big. I’m overwhelmed and humbled and challenged and inspired at the same time,” she said.
“There is saying that to whom much is given much is expected, it means that I have been tasked to do more to push myself and keep inspiring women that it doesn’t matter where you are coming from, your looks, it doesn’t matter your educational background.
“Because as a university dropout and look at where I am today? I am the woman of the year and I am dedicating this award to women in all industries”.
The award was, however, Delay’s second of the night after picking up the Outstanding Woman TV Personality award for her television program, The Delay Show which has been running since 2008.
With tears running down her cheeks, Delay shared a story of how she was once homeless and received from nobody except for her sister.
“From being homeless to being the owner of houses, from not knowing what to eat to being a businesswoman and having a company that supplies food to Ghanaians. It’s a miracle; it’s only God. I will like to dedicate this award to my sister and the blessed memory of my mother. ”
Speaking at the event, Mrs Afua Asantewaa Aduonum, the Chief Executive Officer of ASKOF Productions (Organisers of GOWA), the event acknowledges game-changers in their respective fields of endeavour, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Delay’s win comes after Afia Pokua, won the ultimate award at the maiden event in 2018, with fashion designer Velma Owusu-Bempah picking the topmost prize last year.
