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She was one of the five finalists in an American Idol-style competition. But she did not have to sing. This was Integrity Idol 2015 in Liberia. The candidates all worked for the government and had a record of integrity. The public voted by phone and by the Internet.

The winner, announced earlier this month, was Jugbeh Tarpleh Kekula. She’s a registered nurse who works nights in the emergency room at the Liberia Government Hospital in Buchanan, the third-largest city in the country, and also educates people about family planning through Planned Parenthood of Liberia. She is married and the mother of five — “three biological children, two foster children.”

‘American Idol’ Can’t Compete With Liberia’s ‘Integrity Idol’

Photo: Carielle Doe for NPR