Exclusive: Beauty contest made me an entrepreneur during ASUU Strike-Unijos Student

By Najibullahi Adamu

A student of Federal University, Jos, Miss Zichat Sabo, has narrated how eight months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) turned her into a beauty pageant and an entrepreneur.

Sabo disclosed this in an exclusive chat with Nigeria correspondents yesterday, where she stated that she turned into a fashion designer after winning a prize of N300, 000 in a beauty contest organized by ‘Face of Essence’.

“The beauty contest literally changed who I am, my vision, and everything I once was,” she stated. 

“It taught me so much about myself, and I learned so much about other key things in life from poise, grace, proper communication, building self-confidence, networking, and much more

“My first beauty contest was during the ASUU strike. I became the Queen of Essence. School was closed and a lot of activities needed to keep one busy because we don’t know when we were going to be back.

“As winner of the beauty contest, I was given N300,000 cash and gift worth N200,000. The contest has opened my eyes to be self reliant and started my small business of tailoring which allows me to even employ other girls to join, learn and make money.

“Thanks to the platform, I was able to invest my money in my business which was a long time dream of mine to become a fashion designer and I was able to purchase equipment I needed for this and my business has been great”