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STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
Tidus Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:59 pm
ABOUT HER COMPETING IN BEAUTY PAGEANTS
“I didn’t plan to go into a beauty pageant, it just happened by chance,” she said. “A friend of mine said I could do it and she encouraged me to go in for the MBGN. That was how it happened. I never imagined going into it in the fist place.”
But she got into it and was lucky to pass all the screening exercises before the event. But then, she did not win the contest. Rather, she emerged the first runner up. But she said she was not disappointed coming second.
“I believe that God has a plan for everyone. Everybody said they thought I would win on that night. But I didn’t believe in myself that much, so I considered coming that far a blessing. I was happy to be on the stage as one of the two people left after the other girls had been screened out and some were named as winners of the MBGN Tourism, MBGN Model and Miss La Casera. When we got there, I knew there were five crowns to be won so I prayed that I would win one. It doesn’t matter to me that I won the MBGN Universe, because we are all queens in different ways and areas.”
Although Stephanie was highly favoured by the crowd to win the contest, many believe she didn’t win the overall prize because she didn’t wear a smiling face.
To that, she said, “That pageant was my fist time ever on a stage. I am 19 years. I was nervous and shy. It wasn’t because I was not happy that I didn’t smile, it was because I was so nervous.
On a normal day, I laugh and smile. On stage, it is different because I was in front of many people and I had never done that before. I was scared, that was why I didn’t smile.”
Now that she has become a queen, Stephanie now smiles a lot. “After the competition, we went through a learning process and I learnt how to feel free. I was a very shy person; I didn’t know how to talk to people. And if I saw a camera before me, I ran away. But now I am bolder and can smile in front of people.”
ABOUT HER MISS UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE
Her selection as the MBGN (universe) gave her the ticket to represent Nigeria at the Miss Universe contest held in Vietnam. Unfortunately, Stephanie did not make the first ten, let alone winning the crown.Still, she said she was not disappointed, describing the experience as awesome. With it, she has learnt to accommodate people and make friends.
“ What I had learnt worked out, because I was able to involve myself in discussion with people I had never met before. It helped me because I made a lot of friends, which I wouldn’t on a normal day. People think I’m very arrogant and rude, but it’s because I am shy and I use that to cover my shyness. I could just sit at a place quietly and if asked a question I could decide not to answer, and people will conclude that I am rude.”
WHY SHE THINKS THE JUDGES DIDNT NOTICE HER
“We were more than 100 gorgeous and beautiful women, so I’m sure it was difficult for the judges, because even most of the people they called were not those we expected. The first 15 people that were called were people you wouldn’t notice on a normal day. But the judges have their reasons for picking the girls they picked or maybe it has to go around the world. I don’t really know how they did it.”
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
bubbles Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:28 pm
i really liked her "naomi" walk. 
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
Tidus Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:30 pm
bubbles wrote:i really liked her "naomi" walk.
ME TOO...BUT I CANT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANS "WE DIDNT EXPECT THIS TOP 15"...OK EXCLUDING HUNGARY AND ITALY THE REST WERE PRETTY MUCH PREDICTABLE...
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
bubbles Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:12 pm
well... venezuela, colombia, mexico, and australia were shoo-ins. the rest were "maybe's" and a few had questionable placements too.
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
Tidus Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:15 pm
bubbles wrote:well... venezuela, colombia, mexico, and australia were shoo-ins. the rest were "maybe's" and a few had questionable placements too.
i wish she could give her list...im curious
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
bubbles Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:18 pm
only thing i know is that most girls placed mexico as the winner. oh that towel rag of her was really terrible.
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Tidus Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:19 pm
bubbles wrote:only thing i know is that most girls placed mexico as the winner. oh that towel rag of her was really terrible.
yeah mexico was the favourite among girls. the gown was bad....
also panama should have placed,,,but the gown was also bad....
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
bubbles Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:25 pm
panama's gown was beautiful! it had the same fabric as russia's gown but with a different detail in the bodice. her pink telecast gown was too simple though.
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Re: STEPHANIE OFORKA TALKS ON CELEBRATING AFRICA MAGAZINE
Tidus Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:34 pm
bubbles wrote:panama's gown was beautiful! it had the same fabric as russia's gown but with a different detail in the bodice. her pink telecast gown was too simple though.
didnt really like it that much......and yeah the pink was way simple u are right
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