Ex-beauty queen, Omasan Buwa, is a woman of many parts. Apart from her exploits as former Nigeria’s most beautiful girl, she is a lawyer, an actress, a singer, a broadcaster, a DJ, a restaurant operator, a cosmetologist and, lately, an educationist.
“So even before the Most Beautiful Girl pageant in Nigeria, I had already taken part in other competitions. I was also presenting a programme called Morning Ride on television under the then Mr. Danladi Bako and others, who tutored me at NTA . “Yes, I can say winning the Most Beautiful Girl pageant in Nigeria brought a lot of attention to me, but it didn’t change who I was!
“In those days too, we were the up and coming stars. We were fresh from the university, into either writing or modeling. Funmi Ajila was into fashion designing while I was modeling for Labenella, owned by Abah Folawiyo and Folorunsho Alakija who owned Supreme Stitches. So everybody knew each other. “Actually, part of me wanted to go into teaching and education to honour my mother who died a few years ago. She loved education so much and taught my children. People used to tell me that my mum had a good teaching method.
“So I was stunned. But I quickly told myself that since I was not needed, I could take off. So I left Nigeria again.” “We had fun. A lot of people used to come around, including Americans and other nationals, to sing highlife. My ex-husband was an American and I am British, and you know, I am made in Nigeria. So, we had a good blend of people and it was always fun time there. It was really cool.“Immediately I got to America, I began to model. I worked with Naomi Campbell. That was when I started acting classes and started getting little roles.
“However, I am not saying that when something happens you say it doesn’t matter. What I am saying is that when something happens, instead of wallowing in the mistake, you look at the good side of it. You take the good side of the coin and move on from there. “I have collections that when you see, your eyes will pop! I love trendy casuals. But even then, I have rooms and rooms of native clothes, skirts and blouses. That comes from those days when I was working in the corridors of political power.
“Actually I have had a tummy tuck. But I had it back in the days because my abdominal muscles collapsed. So it was for health reasons that I had a tummy tuck. But who knows if I had that kind of wild money, maybe I would like to cut and tuck some things off my body!”