It is almost every lady’s dream on the campus to have perfect body curves and a well-shaped sizable ‘backyard’.
This is the reason why you will find most of the ladies in Moi University at the gym doing squats and taking Zumba classes all in an effort to be curvaceous.
While it is a dream for most of the university divas, it is actually a reality for 21-year-old Irene Akinyi who is the current Miss Curvaceous Eldoret.
The soft-spoken model who is in her third year of studies at Moi University revealed a part of her life and some of the things she goes through as Miss Curvaceous Eldoret during a one-on-one interview with Hivisasa correspondent Brian Sikulu.
What began as a suggestion from her friends to contest for Miss Curvaceous Eldoret has turned into a professional career for the model and totally changed her life.
Among the things that she had to adjust and be cautious about after being crowned are how she dresses and how she carries out herself in public.
“It is not easy to be a model more so the holder of such a crown as Miss Curvaceous which attracts attention and puts you in the limelight. Now I have to be careful with the clothes that I wear, I have to be extremely cautious about how I carry out myself in public and how I interact with people. In short, you just have to live up to people’s expectations even if it means going out of your way,” Akinyi explained.
As it is expected, she attracts a lot of attention from men who at times do not shy from complimenting her in public. Some of these moments become embarrassing for her as she recalls one particular time when a tout in Eldoret town loudly complimented her big ‘assets’ at a bus station.
The model is currently signed to Be The Model (BTM) agency which is managed by seasoned model Bill Okinda, where in partnership with other brands, they advocate for plus size models.
“It is a misconception that for a lady to be a model she has to be slim. We can actually have plus size models and I am a good example of that. African women are blessed so we should not create limitations for young girls out there who want to be models,” she noted.
Her biggest challenge so far is the gradual favouritism that is slowly crawling into the local modelling industry.
The model, in conclusion, saw it important to point out the fact that her curves and ‘assets’ are natural and young ladies should not use artificial ways like injections or surgeries to develop a good ‘behind’.
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