 Yes, welcome back to entrepreneurship Tuesday special. Thanks to Alex for that informative interview and doing something for the environment remember we have a question on Facebook and The question is are you preparing for your retirement as we learned earlier? You can retire 31 you can retire 35 you can retire 40 you can retire 20 It depends on what you do to secure your retirement So that is a question that we're looking for to your feedback so we can sample them towards the end of this But right about now it's time For another interview and I have the pleasure to introduce to you the Miss United Nations Kenya And she's going to be representing Kenya in India for the global Competition Karibu San All right, your camera is number four Jill Just a give them a brief intro of Jill Good morning everyone who is watching just look them straight into the eyes. Okay. My name is Kanel Jill Otago I'm 23 years old, but 9 is at 24 December so I'm old. I'm from Migori County, Coabado and Currently I'm Miss United Nations Kenya. I'll be Glad to represent or rather to fly our country's flag out there In India, I'll be I should be flying out on Friday. And I'm hoping to make Kenya proud You're hoping to pull a kipchoga So What is your background in education of us in education? Yes I'm done with the 8th or 4th. I'm awaiting graduation. I Was doing a bachelor in education arts. So a lithography at Jaramogi University in Boundo. So this notion about People from your area not knowing Swahili is a misconception. I did When did your passion for modeling begin? Mine isn't wasn't really in one. It's not something I really aspired to do But after completing my phone for I found Why if you know what that means make a corner So being seen and told my friends my friends are going to teach you. You look like a model Go try modeling. Mm-hmm. It was just a push from close friends And I tried and then it became a part of a part of me It's something I live to do each and every day. It's like a career to me now All right, I tell modeling to a lot of self-confidence self-awareness Physical beauty. Have you always been like this or is something you developed over time? I Won't really say I was born shy But then again these industries built me because along the way there are challenges There are difficult times. There are times you break too So what matters is how you pick up yourself at the end of the day. Mm-hmm. Yeah. All right, wonderful In my life, I've never seen me like this You know the song We are living in a world where more and more women are bleaching. Yeah, that's a fact and we have been trained to think Light is beautiful The lighter the skin the more beautiful the woman. Have you dealt with this insecurity yourself? While in primary I used to be the laugh of the classroom Yeah And funny enough those who used to abuse me or rather make me feel bad about my color More black than I was How did you deal with this at that particular time first Other particular time I there's a friend one particular friend who told me, you know when people Me make or give you a nickname Or do they keep abusing you over a particular time over and over again? What to do is give them a cold shoulder Because the moment you show them that you really care what their words heart you get hurt in the process So I learned to live with it. They could I could also joke about it with them as they joke We laugh together. All right. I overcame and you became parts of it and you grew thicker scheme Yeah, so when I grew up The quotes about Melanie and black women. I Followed that more often they gave you more spirit and more energy. Yeah, all right. Do you feel like? No other skin would have worked Do you feel like this was the right skin that you were supposed to play around with these phone apps? And I look at myself brown and I'm like Are you doing anything to put that confidence? In other girls who are ducks. Yeah, I I actually have a modeling agency Gea model. I hope you have a branch in me gory. Yeah, of course Because I believe that the people in me gory look up to me more modeling in me gory is not really strong So unless you go out there, you can't make it So I'm trying to bring it to their doorstep and especially encouraging the dark women I use the term black women because I need people to embrace the Black nature of it. Yes. And the different shades of that is the shades of black. That is Yeah, you might not be my black, but you're still black I need people to embrace those different shades of black to make them feel beautiful. So that's why wherever I go, too I make sure I'm very I look very beautiful in that In the dress and from the minimalistic bag of I see and the jewelry I see that you're rocking some African inspired jewelry as well. Yeah, is this something that you do on the regular? And is this something you're going to do in India? Yeah being an African woman that I am It's something I I live up to each and every day that I wake up Minimal makeup, of course I wouldn't want that should disappear because it is my confidence Where that's my learning that it's the first clothes I put on each day I wake up for any other clothes. All right Every time I move around people ask me, are you just in Bieber? Do they compare you to Lupita? Several times. Several times. I actually look up to getting to where she is if not meeting her, but at least Get to where she is. Get to where she is. For sure. We have seen the likes of a Juma Doing a thing. We've seen Aduta Akesh now doing a thing Do you think they're setting the right precedence for young black girls from Africa like like you and the rest of them? Yeah, I'd say they inspire me. In fact Aduta is I guess younger than me, but she's she inspires me a lot Yeah, I look at her strut those runways meet those big people and I say just like So you know, Juma is limited All right, so for Juma, it's a literal runway for you. It's a figurative runway Yeah, but it's also a race because walking on hills each time is not easy. And who's in that confidence over time? With that big crowd, it's not easy. I'm about to ask you a very controversial question Yeah, and I'm sorry for putting you on the spot like this. No problem One day at a car All right, so Before do you think Africans are embracing this black beauty of the likes of a Juma and Aduta and Lupita because the white person embraced it in Hollywood row in a runway somewhere in Paris or in Europe Do you think the black people are starting to embrace it because white people embraced it first, you know According to my Opinion, it's still a challenge in these African countries in as much as somebody will see a black girl and tell her I love your skin. I'd love to do a project with you But truth be told at the end of the day, they'll go for those light-skinned girls the light-skinned Women would be so stunning and outstanding So what you're saying you're a niche they use you as a niche model Man, I didn't say that You say that Why was that all right, but at the end of the day, it's still a challenge. Yeah, people are embracing it But it's still a challenge. It's still a challenge. All right. How did you get to be the person who's going to be representing Kenya in? in India for Miss United Nation There was an online registration registration But then it's Africa models that own the franchise. Yeah, it's called Africa models So I should sign too. Yeah. Yeah, so we were picked online Photos were sent through that agency. We were not dealing with them directly So through the agency we were selected a few models then we went for bootcamp in the race alarm So in the rest alarm only one winner was picked. All right. Yeah, because The front franchise is for the entire Africa for entire figure. Yeah So when we went to the rest alarm, we met as African countries. So we were finding It's representative from each country had to be so it was stiff there Yeah, it was stiff in Kenya and still stiff over there Yeah, but you met the winner and you're going to be representing us. So you're representing Africa, okay? I'm representing Kenya. You're representing Kenya. Yeah in India and you're flying on Friday on Friday All right. So what were some of the requirements apart from the pictures? What else was required for you to enter this competition so that somebody can enter next year at least? After submitting, of course, they are professional pictures. You are selling yourself with the Using through the photos. So they have to be professional pictures and then they lead they need to know your height your body size They first of all see the physical structure is and then of course, it's beauty with brain What's your project? What's attached to that when you become the Miss United Nations? What would you want to give back to the people? So through the project that was submitted, they were able to know Who is who and then of course the agency came in handy when we went for the bootcamp At least they had to spend time with us. They could know people watch your behavior What was your project about I'm interested in your project because it's very dear to to to both sexes Yeah, I'll give up for the first time at least I'll give a brief about it. But majorly I was I'm normally moved when I look at the boy child because nowadays in as much as I'm a girl child But most of the projects gear towards the girl child, you know, the boy child has been sidelined They go through they suffer from things that they don't talk about because boy child My face is lightening when you speak They go through depressions that no one Is able to help them through at the long run they fall into drug Addictions So, you know when there's no need coming to the news and telling us that somebody committed suicide yet There is a real solution to this problem So how about if we indulge the boy child towards coming these problems that we claim the girl child goes through How about we include the boy child, you know, while organizing those Projects or for the girls for the girl child We include the boy child and let them know that these and these and these are what Supposed to be done and we would like you to help, you know, they'll also do it from their heart And understand what the girl child is going through what the girl child is really going through and why in the process Yeah, all right and why is much attention Given to the girl child, you know, they want to feel left out. All right. Wonderful. Is this what you Preparing to to push and present when you get to India as well Yeah, okay Considering my country is suffering from that um It's not something I'll go with globally because the same problem probably is not affecting the other Also, it needs to be a problem that the world understands Kind of affects the world but still affects Kenya as well. So my global project is majorly on the environment the global warming Yeah, I'm trying to come up with some of the Possible ways in which we can help cap this global warming because currently it affects People globally. Yes, and we are facing the effects as we speak. There's flooding in the country as we speak We just had a firm in in the country. It's affecting everyone There's a lot of pollution in the river just next to us right here Not so far from where we are And this is a problem for sure all the best in India. Just remind them your social media handle So they can interact with you and support you whenever you need it Yeah, so About that. I love to say come in it or so There is a Amani sasa foundation. I'm not sure that you've heard about it. But there is Amani sasa foundation Kenya Uh, I'm the secretary there and uh, I must be a header on that So there is an event coming up for Mr and Ms face of Amani sasa foundation Kenya We need a face that will be representing Amani sasa foundation. There is Ms face of devolution Kenya coming up Then there is gia models recruiting new faces. So feel free to contact us our social media handles at instagram There is gia models africa Gia models underscore africa. There is canal gel canal underscore gel There is miss face of devolution Kenya You can find us on instagram and then don't forget to use the hashtag Amani sasa foundation Kenya. All right. Thank you Uh, thank you very much for that. Thank you for sharing that. There's a question from one of our viewers And always, uh, where do you teach geography and swahili? So I will let him to talk Uh, currently I'm a teacher by profession. Yes, but I'm currently a teacher on a different field They don't teach in a traditional school. I teach using heels in those chalk All right. It's not a traditional school, but you still teach and they can find you on social media Uh, just give them that handle again your personal canal gel Canal underscore gel canal underscore gel canal k-e-r-n-e-l underscore gel j-i-w-l Yes, from y in the morning all the best in india. Thank you so much and fly the canon flag. 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