By Sewe Ishola,

Media personality and author Toke Makinwa has emerged the Style Influencer of the Year award at the 2017 Glitz Style Awards ceremony.

The author shared the exciting news on her social media handle:

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Thank you Jesus, your light shines even brighter ???? I asked God to make me a global brand and he's done much more than I could have imagined it, now I'm winning an award outside of my country? #GodCan #Godwill. Ghana ??❤️❤️❤️ thank you for being awesome ?? we are one! I look forward to more collaborations. Thank you @glitzafrica and all you wonderful people for voting ❤️. Thank you to my team #Thedreamteam Mama I made it ⭐️⭐️⭐️ TM the African brand?From Nigeria to Africa to the world ? #thinkglobal #styleinfluencer2017 #africa Dress – @aprilbykunbi Stylist – @harvellastyles Makeup – @anitabrows

A post shared by Toke Makinwa (@tokemakinwa) on Aug 19, 2017 at 6:48pm PDT

For the vintage themed nominee party, Toke wore an embellished silver strapless dress by Tubo paired with a faux fur shawl, and finished off the vintage look with a fringed bob hairstyle.

See photos below:

The Glitz Style Awards which celebrates individuals setting trends and raising standards with their fashion style is organised by Ghana’s premier lifestyle brand, Glitz Africa