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O R I A K U

EVERY QUEEN STARTS AS A BLANK CANVAS. 🎨

Coaches are artists too.

We see the woman before we see the finished product. We study her, imagine her possibilities, understand her story, and begin to create.

The difference?
Our canvas can speak.
Our canvas can think.
Our canvas can challenge the idea and, most importantly, collaborate with us.

Then the painting begins.

The colours come from the vision.
The strokes come from the styling.
The texture comes through hair, makeup, photography, movement and presentation.
And every detail has a purpose.

But the most beautiful part of this process is watching an idea slowly become a woman who owns exactly who she is.

That feeling is indescribable.
It is exciting.
It is intentional.
And honestly, it is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do.

So, where are my fellow painters? 👀🎨

Because I am super excited to begin this masterpiece with Damilola Remi-Fakoya as she embarks on her journey to becoming the next Miss Cosmo International. Miss Cosmo MISS COSMO NIGERIA

This is not about creating someone else.

It is about discovering the masterpiece that is already there.

And this painting?
We have only just begun

O M A L I C H A

How do you say beauty in your language?

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E G O

Social media has made us seriously delusional about money, especially in the pageant space.

We see people flaunting wealth so often that ₦500,000 suddenly feels like nothing. Someone wears a ₦3 million gown, and suddenly a ₦500,000 gown is “cheap.”

But step away from Instagram and look at your own life.

Think honestly: how many people can you call today and ask for ₦10,000 or ₦20,000 when you are genuinely in need, and they will give it to you without hesitation?

Now think about that before judging a queen or king who is going around looking for sponsorship worth millions of naira to fund a pageant journey.

It is NOT that easy.

People say, “She should have gotten sponsorship.”

From whom?

People say, “She should have used this designer.”

Can you afford that designer?

Ask yourself: What is the most expensive piece in your wardrobe?

Can you comfortably afford the designer you are recommending?

Can you pay for the extra outfits you’re demanding?

Can you pay for the flight, hotel, glam team, styling, luggage and everything else you’re saying they should have done?

Because it is very easy to spend somebody else’s imaginary money.

You see the final photograph. You don’t see the invoices, negotiations, sacrifices, rejected sponsorship requests, people who said no, or the countless expenses behind that one image.

You see the glamour.

You don’t see the cost.

Proximity to wealth is not ownership of wealth.

You can be surrounded by wealthy people and still not have access to their money.

You can know people with money and still struggle to find someone willing to give you ₦20,000 when you’re in need.

So before you sit down and say, “She should have…” or “He should have…”, pause.

Ask yourself:

Could I afford what I am demanding from this person?

And if you couldn’t, maybe your opinion needs a little less entitlement and a lot more perspective.

Because ₦500,000 is real money.

₦1 million is real money.

₦2 million is real money.

Millions do not magically appear because someone entered a pageant.

So, please, let’s get a grip.

Who was going to pay for it?