Jumoke's story can only be described as a case
of when hardwork, opportunity meets with grace,
anything can happen. Bellow is what Ty Bello has
to say about our favourite breadseller turned
model
"Aso kan na ni mo wo kiri Lana '.. Jumoke
the 'model' the Internet had been searching
for speaks almost no English. She explained
how she had worn the exact outfit in our
photograph the day before and someone
showed her her own photograph on his
phone from face book. A mallam led her to
my studio that morning . She narrated her
journey to Lagos ...A hair stylist from Ire in
Osun state but not making enough profit
between she and her husband , a sliding
door installer in from same village ,to care
for their two young children .At the
invitation of a distant relative who knew
someone operating a bakery , she relocated
lagos with her 14 month old daughter to
give bread hawking a try , leaving her
husband and older 5 year old behind .As I
listened to her I wandered if the beauty I
had seen on my screen as I edited my
image was a fluke ..well until she smiled ., I
realized that I was wrong ., I had in fact
,underestimated the beauty of this 27 year
old woman. As always ., it was her eyes
and of course her perfectly chiseled
features that jumped out at you when she
chuckled .This lady belonged in front of my
camera .After a conversation with her
husband telling him the story of our
meeting I decided I was going to
photograph her that very afternoon..Within
an hour ..Bimpe Onakoya , one of Nigeria's
leading makeup artist and Zubby one of my
favourite hairstylist were at my studio to
work magic. They had both followed the
story online and were more than happy to
put in their very best for her.Olajumoke ..,
with curly extensions out ,revealed a short
natural Afro that beautifully hugged her
face. @Bimpeonakoya also had decided to
keep the make up minimal... She stepped in
front of my camera and I almost couldn't
recognize her . She moved different
too.Jumoke looked straight into my lens
emoting like she had done this all her life
.... I knew we had found a star"
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