Burkina Faso has put beauty pageants on pause for now and instead held a science competition involving 84 young girls, who went up against each other in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
The idea is to push STEM education and challenge the view that those subjects are only for men.
The top five in each subject got prizes, with first-place winners receiving 2 million CFA francs, a motorcycle, a laptop and other rewards.
Every finalist also received a scholarship and university support to help them build the skills the country will need going forward.