JhummieOOZ

      Mrs. Grace Tinuke Oyelude was the first Miss Nigeria, 1957. From the story of the 84-year old ex-beauty queen, the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant has gone through an evolution.          She said, 'I was living in Kano then and like I always said, I have always been repeating the same thing. My brother saw the advertisement in the newspapers and advised me to go to Lagos for an interview to be selected as a Miss Nigeria contestant. He applied, and the result was that I was supposed to be in Lagos for the Miss Nigeria contest and I was working in the UAC then, and they also were involved in the pageant. The following day they got me on a plane to Lagos and that was it.       We arrived in Lagos, there was no accommodation, so we all had to look for our accommodation, we were later asked to come to the Daily Times office after, so we all met, about 200 of us. I was the only one from Kano. After the interview and...

      The beauty of creation is the variation in creation. No two or more things considered beautiful are exactly the same. The rose flower is beautiful, so is the sunflower. The eagle is beautiful bird, so is the dove, even the peacock. Agbani Darego is beautiful, so is my mother.     The God of creation has created everything uniquely beautiful. When He created all things, He saw that they were all good and perfect. So, EVEN THE VULTURE IS BEAUTIFUL.      I might not be as tall or short as you are, my hair may not even be as long, full, or dark as yours, I might not be as light or dark as you are, I might not look as curvy or straight as you are, I might not even have straight legs like you do. I might not have a perfect or healthy skin as you've got. But I tell you, I am as beautiful as you are.       I will never be ashamed of my height, colour or shape, because, even the vulture is beautiful!  ~ JhummieOOZ

      It is not surprising that I didn't used to like the way I look. I wanted to be a beauty queen and, when I began to understand that if God had done a beautiful job by creating me, then who was I not to be beautiful. So I decided that: 1. I was going to always SMILE like there are cameras around me ready to take cover shots. 2. I was going to live like I have NO WORRIES but I've got great plans. 3. I was going to SPEND more TIME DOING things that make me HAPPY and VALUABLE. 4. I was going to TAKE CARE OF my skin, hair, body and even teeth. 5. I was going to WALK and STAND TALL like I was on the runway. 6. I was going to be KIND and treat everyone around me with RESPECT and LOVE. 7. I was going to APPRECIATE GOD ALWAYS for making me beautiful. 8. I was going to THINK OF EVERYONE around me as beautiful and I'm not less. 9. I was just going to be BEAUTIFUL.                           ...

A MODEL AT 83!!! (Carmel Dell' Orefice)    I was amazed at the tale of this beauty . She is what I like to term ' a beauty icon' because, having gone through her story, I found out that in her many years on earth, she has gone through extreme hardship, heartbreaks, emotional distress, trauma and a whole lot. Those experiences were not enough to break her yet, rather, she has broken the expectations of ageing and beauty. It is commonly said that beauty fades but lo, this beauty thrives as the length of time. At 83, a model, still standing tall is spectacular and should be celebrated.    Her advice for models out there : 'The smartest, with a good education and some good moral support from family and mentors, will not fall into booby-traps.' Words from her: 'If you don’t like watery spinach learn to braise it yourself or eat it raw,' . 'That is the creativity of living.' “ If I die,” she declares, “it will be with my high heels on.” ...