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EX-MBW JENNIFER OKOLIE'S ADVICE TO THE NEW QUEEN

The immediate past queen, Jennifer Okolie shares with BIG SISTER Magazine the challenges she encountered during her reign as the 2010 MISS BIG WORLD, she also has a piece of advice for the new MBW queen Shelly Ogbise. Excerpts of  BIG SISTER Magazine's interview with her shortly after she handed over her crown. 

 

BIG SISTER: You just handed over to a new queen, how was your reign?

JENIFER: My  reign was ok, but not too good because of the challenges I had faced.

BIG SISTER:What were your challenges?

JENIFER: I nursed a pet project, and the people I wrote letters to ignored it and so I never got help from anyone. But,I did little things with my money and with the help of LIFI foundation Inc, we went to villages and gave out drugs,clothes and school fees to children whose parents couldn't afford.

BIG SISTER: Do you think your letters were ignore because it was a plus size project?

JENIFER: I think it was because I am on the big side I think they listen more to the slim fit ladies which is very common in Nigeria which is very bad. I never got good responds from people. I think they don't take ladies on d big side seriously.

BIG SISTER: What's your advice to the new queen, Shelly?

  

JENIFER: My advice to the new queen is, she should put everything  into prayers first and everything would work out fine and she should continue the good work.

INTERVIEW WITH SOME 2011 MISS BIG WORLD CONTESTANTS

They came, they saw and they conquered even though they didn't go home with the ultimate crown, they admit that their experience at the MBW was a life changing platform. Shortly after the pageant, BIG SISTER Magazine engaged some of the contestants in an interesting interview. Excerpts:

           Rosabelle

 

FULL NAME: Iyafokhai Rosabelle

BIG SISTER: What was your position?

ROSABELLE: 1st runner up

BIG SISTER: What prompted you to get into the MBW?

ROSABELLE: I saw it as an opportunity to show case myself as a plus size woman and this was the first of it's kind.Besides, i'm big, bold and beautiful and above all very intelligent.

BIG SISTER: What was your experience like in the MBW camp?

ROSABELLE: It was fun, i met some new girls with the same vision. I also learnt a lot about the importance of having a good self esteem as a plus size lady. Dr Olubunmi Wilson the CEO of MBW was really kind to us all and i'm glad i was part of it.

BIG SISTER:How did you feel when you were announced the 1st runner up?

ROSABELLE: I always knew i was a success, so when i was announced, i just said to myself i knew i could do it. I though of my family and friends and i knew they would be proud of me, so i felt great and i'm still feeling good.

BIG SISTER:As a plus size queen now, what are your plans?

ROSABELLE: I have loads of plans, firstly, I'm going to carry every other contestants of the 2011 MBW along because,I really do not want to do it alone.  During this one year, I'm going to help people via good health sector and I am going all round with the awareness campaign cancer and also visit the orphanages as often as i can with the assistance of SKIESVISION, the organizers of the Miss Big World pageant.

BIG SISTER:What do you have to say to the organizers of MBW?

ROSABELLE: I'm grateful for everything i have learnt. I love Dr. Olubunmi like my own mother and i pray i don't disappoint her.

BIG SISTER: Future ambition?

ROSABELLE: Famous actress, loving mother to my kids and a loving wife to my future husband.

           On on her traditional attire

       Rosabelle backstage after the show


ROSABELLE'S FACT FILE
AGE: 22

WEIGHT: 80kg

STATISTICS: 39-38-38

STATE: Anambra

OCCUPATION: On National Youth Service 
FAVORITE FOOD: Beans
FAVORITE DRINK: Water
ROLE MODEL:Omotola Jalade/Angelina Jolie
HOBBIES: Singing, cooking, reading novel, writing poetry.


               ANITA
 
                 

FULLNAME: Ugochukwu Anita Chibugo

BIG SISTER: What was your position?

ANITA: 2nd runner up

BIG SISTER: How did you hear about the competition?

ANITA: I heard about the competition through the internet.

BIG SISTER: What was your experience like in camp?

ANITA: My experience was awesome,meeting new friends and learning new things like cat walking, dancing and being more informed about current affairs within and across the country.

BIG SISTER: What were you doing before the MBW?

ANITA: Before the MBW, I was into business, I'm also a student of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri studying Mathematics and Statistics.

BIG SISTER: How did you feel winning the 2nd runner up?

ANITA: Winning the 2nd runner up made me feel good and i pray to achieve my dreams even as a 2nd runner up.

BIG SISTER: What are your plans now as a plus size queen?

ANITA: As a plus size queen, my plans is to help the nobodies, aged parents to impact my world positively, as a plus size woman,i want to show other plus size that are still hiding under their shell that there is more to life than what they feel.

BIG SISTER: Your advice to some big sisters with a low self esteem?

ANITA: I would love to advice them to always be themselves and stop hiding under their shell because they have a lot to build.I want them to know that the extra they have is for something extra.

BIG SISTER: Your future ambition?

ANITA: To be crown Miss Big Queen and put smiles on the faces of people also encouraging the low self esteem plus sized. I would love to be a caring, loving wife and mother. 

ANITA'S FACT FILE
AGE: 23

STATISTICS: 51-55-58

FAVORITE FOOD: Jealouf rice with vegetable
FAVORITE DRINK: Juice
ROLE MODEL:My mum for accepting me for who I am and what she thinks i will be.
HOBBIES: Dancing, playing volley ball..


                TEJIRI

   
FULL NAME::Tejiri Benedicta Bolokor

BIG SISTER: What prompted you to go into the MBW?

TEJIRI: I knew i was big, beautiful and intelligent, and when a friend told me about it, i thought i should give it a try.

BIG SISTER: Where you discouraged from going in for the competition?

TEJIRI:Yes i was discouraged at first. A lot of people said i wasn't so big but my family and friends really encourage me and they stood by me.

BIG SISTER: What was your memorable part of your camp days?

TEJIRI:: The most memorable part of my MBW camp days was when i was made the head of the house. It was nice taking responsibility of everything that my house mates wanted.

BIG SISTER: You didn't win, dhow did that make you feel?

TEJIRI:: I was not surprised because i was not so tall but i was very happy when they winners were announced because i knew they deserved it.

BIG SISTER: Do you regret going in for the MBW 2011?

TEJIRI:: I don't regret coming for MBW because i have learnt a lot of things. The experience i will never forget and i got more exposed, i had great fun.

BIG SISTER: What are your plans now that MBW is over?

TEJIRI:My plans after MBW is to be able to touch the lives of the big girls positively.
  
BIG SISTER: What do you advice plus size sisters with a low self esteem?

TEJIRI:They should come out of their shell and learn to appreciate themselves.                          
 
        Chilling by the pool side in camp

        cheering up the 1st runner up

TEJIRI'S FACT FILE
AGE: 22

WEIGHT: 79kg

STATISTICS: 43-37-46

STATE:Delta

OCCUPATION: On National Youth Service 
FAVORITE FOOD: Yam and egg sauce
FAVORITE DRINK: Chi exotic juice 
ROLE MODEL:Oprah Winfrey
HOBBIES: Making new friends.


                         SARA
  
 
FULL NAME: Sara Chukwu Chiamaka

BIG SISTER: Why did you to go into the MBW?

SARA: I entered for MBW competition because i really didn't like the way i was but the MBW made me  know that i am not just big, but with something extra. 

BIG SISTER: What was your experience like with other contestants in camp?

SARA: We were camped for 6days, it was very challenging but i tried to mix up with everyone.Since we all came from different backgrounds, we had a lot of difference when i got to know everyone, it was fun.                     
BIG SISTER: You didn't win, did that make you feel less beautiful? 


SARA: NOT AT ALL! It just made me know it wasn't meant for me. 

BIG SISTER: If  you  were given another chance to compete for another plus size pageant, would you?

SARA: Certainly,i will

BIG SISTER:.MBW is over, what next for you?

SARA: Actually i'm still in school so i'm thinking of graduating,  going for my national service, working and then to always make sure i let the plus size ladies like me know that they could be big,confident and smart.

BIG SISTER:Advice to the big sisters with a low self esteem?


SARA: I want them to know that even with them being big,they have something to offer that skinny ladies don't have.

BIG SISTER: Your future ambition?

SARA: To graduate for the university, open an organization for the less privilege, most especially the disabled children on the streets, then be a loving and caring wife and mother to my husband, children.
 
Posing with 2nd runner up

SARA'S FACT FILE
AGE: 21

WEIGHT: 85kg

STATISTICS: 39-38-39

STATE:ENUGU

OCCUPATION: Student
FAVORITE FOOD: Rice & plantain
FAVORITE DRINK: Coke 
ROLE MODEL:Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde/Jennifer Garner
HOBBIES: Dancing & singing.

INTERVIEW WITH SHELLY OGBISE, 2011 WINNER OF MISS BIG WORLD

MY PERSONALITY & BOLDNESS MADE ME WIN THE 2011 MISS BIG WORLD -SHELLY OGBISE
 
BIG SISTER: Congratulations! Can you tell us about yourself?

SHELLY: Thank you. My name is Shelly Ogbise, I am a graphic designer and i work as a marketing manager to a hotel in Abuja. I studied Industrial Labor at a diploma level at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. Then I studied Computer Science in Nasarawa State Polytechnic and presently I'm a 300 level English student in Abuja University.

BIG SISTER:How did you get to hear about the competition?

SHELLY: Actually, this is my third time coming in for the competition. My first time was in 2009. I had gone to get something in Grandsquare when one of the organizers approached me and asked if would love to take part in a plus size beauty competition.

BIG SISTER:What gave you the confidence to go in?

SHELLY:My confidence was just my personality and my boldness because, I believed that was what the organizers were looking for.

BIG SISTER: Did you think you would win the crown?

SHELLY:Not really, but I just had the believe that I would. In 2009,I emerged the queen for the South-south with Christable Ike winning the over all crown. I entered again for the competition in 2010 with the desperation of  taking home the crown but I ended up emerging as the first runner up to Jenifer Okolie.

BIG SISTER: Would you say that that was what gave you the drive to enter for the 2011 edition and were you not bothered that people might get bored of seeing your face?
SHELLY: To be honest, I was a little bit worried.And as for the 2011 edition, I had no intentions for coming in again per-say. I actually came to see Dr. Olubunmi Wilson, the CEO of MBW in her office with the immediate past queen, and when we were about leaving, i asked if i could contest again and she said i could. She was amazed at my driving spirit. I even entered the camp late because I didn't plan re-contesting, but at the end of the day, it was worth it.                                   
 
        Shelly in MBW camp
BIG SISTER:Can you recount your daily routine and what was your experience at the MBW camp?

SHELLY: When we wake up in the morning, we say our prayers, go for our aerobic, do some clean up, have our breakfast. Then we get set for our dance and cat walk class. We also had classes on speech and diction. MBW camp was fun. I met different people and blended with them even when we had issues

BIG SISTER:What did you hate most about the camp?

SHELLY: When the girls argued.

BIG SISTER:What did you like most?

SHELLY: The dance and cat walk sessions as well as our seminar sessions.

BIG SISTER: Who were your close friends in camp and why?

SHELLY: Linda and Linda and Aisha,reasons being that they were simple, down to earth and never criticized people.

BIG SISTER:How did you feel when you were announced the winner?

SHELLY: I was confused, i wasn't expecting it, not because I didn't deserve it. I was just tensed on stage, i was sweating and I didn't know what to do. It was one memorable moment in my life.

BIG SISTER:Would you say your previous experiences help you win the crown? 

SHELLY: Most definitely.

BIG SISTER:Are your parents cool with it?
SHELLY: Sure. My mother was jumping all over the place shouting 'thank you Jesus'  that day with bare feet when i was announced the winner.

BIG SISTER:How do people react to you after the winning the MBW crown?

SHELLY:Trust me,the attention has sky rocked. Like two days after I won, a friend who wasn't talking to me for over two years called after she watched the pageant on NTA, she called and asked if i went for any competition, i said yes, there after she started telling me she was missing me. My BB never stops pinging.

BIG SISTER:What kind of platform are you going to set  with this crown?

SHELLY:I intend working with LIFI foundation Inc, a pet project of Miss Big World during my reign so even after my reign, I will still want to wok with LIFI foundation. I would want to go to my state, Bayelsa to organize Miss Big pageant and other states too. I intend having a foundation for the big girls that will work on their self esteem and appearance. I also intend having a boutique for the plus size women.


SHELLY'S PROFILE:
S.O.O.-Bayelsa
AGE- 25
STATISTICS-46,43,54
HOBBIES-Dancing, singing and swimming

READ UP THE FULL VERSION OF THIS INTERVIEW IN THE COMING EDITION OF BIG SISTER MAGAZINE. 

THE 2011 MISS BIG WORLD NIGERIA BEAUTY PAGEANT

One of the biggest and most anticipated show in 2011 in Nigeria's federal capital city, Abuja, was held recently on the 6th of November 2011 . It was the 5th edition of the Miss Big World Nigeria Beauty Pageant Show. The event which was organized by SKIESVISION COMMUNICATION LIMITED took place  in Sheraton Hotel, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. It was one that witnessed a turn out of people from all works of life, among the special guest of honor was Her Excellency, the wife of the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria Dame Patience Jonathan, who was represented. Other dignitaries in attendance were ministers and senators of the federal republic of Nigeria, business tycoons, celebrities and media personalities including Elsie-Coco the founder/publisher BIG SISTER Magazine.
According to the President/coordinator of MBW, Dr. Olubunmi Usim-Wilson, the pageant is designed exclusively to identify the fuller figure ladies with some thing extra. The show is also a display of great skills, cultural values, intelligence and couple with great boldness of the big ladies.
Prior to the event proper, the contestants who were twelve in number were camped, these enabled the contestants to undergo some fitness, poise and elegance training to get them set for the event proper. Seminars sessions was also organized for the contestants while in camp and among the guest speaker was Elsie-Coco who took the contestants on the importance of having a good self esteem as a plus size sisters, it was one interactive and inspiring session that gave room for the contestants to bear out their minds on the challenges they go through in the society as a plus sized women.

HIGH LIGHTS OF THE EVENTS:

1. Arrival of the guests

2.The BTV Red Carpet session

3.National Anthem

4.Comedy Performance

5. Introduction of the MC(Barry J.Black)

6. Judges take their seats (some of the judges were On-Air Personality Matilda Duncan and 2010 MBW, Jenifer Okoli)

7. Contestants opening dance led by singer Peelola

8. Opening speech by the President/coordinator of MBW, Dr. Olubunmi Usim-Wilson

9. There were music performances by some Abuja acts like Peelola, Victoriouz Superstar, Big Daddy  as well as comedy by MC Wahala and his likes.

10.  The contestants also made their way back to stage in the traditional, casuals and evening gown.

11. Last catwalk by the outgoing queen

12. The best 5 contestants was announced

13.BEHOLD! MISS BIG WORLD, NIGERIA 2011, MISS SHELLY OGBISE

 The event also witnessed award presentations to people, corporate bodies and brands.Among some recipients were:
Imoni Amarere of AIT (MISS BIG OUTSTANDING BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR)
Sheraton Hotel & Towers(HOTEL OF THE YEAR)
Usman Magawata (MEDIA MAN OF THE YEAR)
Malvina Kwanjap BB AMPLIFIER (AWARD OF EXCELLENCE)
Indomie Instant Noodle (BEST PRODUCT OF THE YEAR)
Lukeman Oni AKA MC WAHALA (COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR)

                              PICTURES
 
   Opening speech by Dr. Olubunmi Usim-Wilson, CEO MBW


           Opening dance by the contestants

                     Contestants on casuals

          Olawande Akinosi on her traditional attire
 
    Aigbe Cynthia representing the Edo heritage

               Rosabelle leaving the stage

               The last 5 contestants

     Crowning the 2011 MBW winner-Shelly Ogbise
 
  1st runner up Rosabelle & 2nd runner up Anita


  Victoriouz Superstar rocking the stage

Elsie-coco(middle) backstage with some contestants

       Elsie-coco posing with one of the judges, Matilda Duncan