We aim to promote body confidence and inspire girls- Brainchild of Luxury Model Search Nigeria, Suzzie D
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By Patricia Uyeh
The maiden edition of the Luxury Model Search Nigeria, which is set to kick off in October in Lagos, is calling for entries from girls in Nigeria aged between 18 and 25 from the 17th August, 2018.
One female winner will represent Luxury Model Search Nigeria internationally with the aim of promoting body confidence and inspiring girls around the world.
The brainchild of this event, Suzzie Odeniyi, who is the CEO and Founder of Suzzie D Celebrity Network, was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Then, she relocated to Republic of Ireland at the age of 5.
This graduate of Fashion Design and Business is also the CEO and Founder of Suzzie D Model Management, Most Beautiful Girl in Ireland Beauty Competition, Most Beautiful Girl in the World where she manages models and beauty queens from all over the world.
Suzzie D had a brief chat with Allure Vanguard where she talked about herself, the essence of her brainchild- Luxury Model Search Nigeria, the modelling industry and more.
Read excerpts from the interview below:
What is the essence of Luxury Model Search Nigeria?
“Luxury Model Search Nigeria is basically a platform for young girls to diverse into whatever they want or go into.It is about creating opportunities for young girls in Nigeria. In terms of not promoting fakery, there is a lot of fakery in Nigeria.”
What makes Luxury Model Search Nigeria different from other pageants?Like I said, there is a lot of fakery. A lot of model agencies, promise to do alot of things for their models but fail. Luxury Model Search Nigeria would not be doing that. We are going to be through to our words.
We are going to push them into what they want to do, whether it is modelling, for a year. And if it is acting, we can push them to that line. So it is not limited. We are ideally like their backbones.”
Who is the ‘ideal’ model?
There is no ideal model. Luxury Model Search Nigeria competition is not limited. The winner could be curvy, the winner can be very very tall ….anybody. At the moment, it is just for females.
Since it is our first launch, we would start with females only and gradually we build it up. Probably, next year, we would incorporate the male.
What is your say on stereotypes?
In every field, there is going to be negativity. Whatever you do, people would talk good and bad about you.
The perceptions are already there. We are going to build a platform that can change this mindset. For me, it is about the change made about the girl who wins.
I can only improve this perceptions and not change this stereotypes”
