Monica Mbillah from Ghana smiles after winning won the Miss Africa Queen contest held at the La Palm Beach Hotel in Accra, September 2, 2006. Eight contestants from nine African countries took part in the pageantry dubbed ?Breaking frontiers with beauty?. The countries were Ghana, Cote D?voire, Guinea, Niger, Liberia, Gabon, Kenya, Mali and Zambia. Picture taken on September 2, 2006.