Two contestants of the popular inter-tertiary beauty pageant, Face Of USAG, have drowned at the Cape Coast beach during a photo shoot session.

The incident, which occurred between the hours of 7 to 9 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2018, comes after the contestants defied orders from the Dean of Students of the host school, the University of Cape Coast (UCC), against the organisation of the pageantry.

The two, who have been identified as, Sara Kwarteng and Lily Ampofowaa Asiedu from the University of Education, Mampong campus and the University of Ghana, Legon, respectively, drowned as a result of high tides.

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