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Two-time beauty pageant winner, Oluwapelunmi Babajide has advised the public to get rid of erroneous beliefs that models are prostitutes.

The beauty queen sat down in an interview with The Sun where she opened up about some of her hurdles in her career and the misconceptions people have towards model.

According to her, it should not be said among models that they are promiscuous people as it is a wrong idea people have harbored against them.

She said: “In Nigeria, I dont think those impressions can be corrected. No matter what you say, people will always say models are prostitutes, but that is a wrong impression. And also, I have not encountered lesbians and gays. Maybe, I have not got to that stage yet.”

She also opened up about her wins as a two time beuty pageant winner.

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In her words: “For my first pageant, I did not experience such thing. My mum and family pushed me. But this second one, I discouraged myself. I had issues with voting online, but then I had friends who insisted I had to give it a shot no matter what. They were like just go for it and have fun’. However, dad is not really down with the modeling thing, so I didn’t tell him. I later hinted him and then my mum updated him. He is scared for me that I will be victimized as his only girl, because of the impression that models are prostitutes. But I am trying hard to convince him that it’s not what he thinks.”

Source: www.NaijaOnPoint.com

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