It was indeed a tough journey for me, a lot of hard work, and now that I am the winner, i feel so blessed; i have made my family proud, my friends and so many people, so i give praises to God for making it happened. These were the words of the winner of the 2014 edition of the prestigious Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria MBGN Iheoma Nnadi.
On what prompted her to get the form, she was of the view that she bought the form in Abuja and got screened in Abuja.
The Imo State Born Iheoma Nnadi, 19, who is currently a student and a model went through a tough time emerging the winner scaling through from her strongest competitor, Miss Edo, adding that she is indeed an epitome of beauty.
“My strongest competitor was Miss Edo because she is smart and beautiful, she is also talented and she speaks so well”.
Being the last person to be called at the top five level, Iheoma noted that she was so scared, looking back just to hear her name called. “When we did the last screening in Abuja, my name was called last during the audition, so i was like will this be the end, not until I was called up as the last top five, and i was grateful to God.
When Society Reporters NG asked whether she was expecting this good news to be announced winner of the pageant, she was of the view that she had the believe of emerging the winner after getting the form.
“You buying a form means you are ready to become the winner and from that day upward i set my mind to becoming the winner.
Iheoma Nnadi, who is based in Lagos and having been a paint model for three years, her joy knew no bound as she got the support from her mother and some of her friends and family. “My mother has always been my motivating factor while i was contesting for this pageant , because she has always encouraged me to be focused, and she also pushed me “.
I’m studying Business Management in South Africa, at the University of Cape Town, and it was because i wanted to transfer to the University of Jo’burg in January, that was what made me to come to Nigeria.
Emerging the winner, Iheoma Nnadi told us what her pet project will focus on.
“My Pet project will focus on tackling child trafficking”, and she will be working with some agencies that are already fighting the same course in Nigeria.
SUNDAY ADEBAYO.