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Ms. Antigua, Ashley Boddu is preparing to leave the state for her first international pageant.<\/p>

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Before her departure, she paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Gaston Browne today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Boddu will represent Antigua and Barbuda in the Miss Intercontinental pageant slated for January 12th, 2019 in Manila, Philippines.<\/p>

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She was one of three queens crowned last year as part of controversial changes make to the national queen pageant.<\/p>

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The cost associated with the trip nor how the cash-strapped festivals commission is funding it was not disclosed in a social media post from Browne’s office.<\/p>\n

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