Sandra Bassey who came into the limelight in 2012, after she won Miss Niger Delta is unstoppable in her resolve to standout as a beauty queen.
Having emerged Miss Independence Nigeria recently, Sandra is stepping out again to capture another coveted crown, Safari Beauty Queen of the Year. In a recent chat with HVP, the beauty queen went down memory lane, recalling how she entered for Miss Independence Nigeria beauty contest. She revealed that “It was not in my mind to be part of the competition.”
According to her, she wanted to contest for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and also, Miss Nigeria, before luck smiled on her. She got to know about the FOI competition some two weeks before the entry deadline.
Some of my friends, she said, “tried to discourage me, but my mum encouraged me to give it a trial, advising that it is not compulsory that you must win every competition you entered for, but you can take away the exposure and experience you would acquire from participating in the competition.
That was how she entered for Miss Independence Nigeria beauty contest, which she later won . Since her reign, she has embarked on laudable projects geared towards giving back to the society. Recently, she unveiled her sickle cell anaemia pet project, calling on the government to assist her realise that vision.
She said, she’s planning to build a Sickle Cell Anaemia Centre in Calabar, Cross River State. “My pet projects are on creating sickle cell anaemia centre and creating an avenue where the voices of young people can be heard at large,”she said.
The Akwa-Ibom-born beauty queen has a passion for helping to fight against Sickle Cell Anaemia and Voices Against Sexual Harassment,’ which has become a recurring decimal in our society.
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