 Betu kono haremboa weili kwa sit Aman doli uli uliza utole wa mic Sindi ondo swong eleise He can be shy sometimes Beliwa tunim pole Verika Wasa limetri vibhasi Hai Hello Alright ladies please introduce yourselves Maybe if I can start from the one closest to me Okay thank you You're so sweet My name is Lilian Yodongo I'm from Tanzania I'm a model I'm a student Yes You're not even Kenyan How can we get you to this side? I'm Tanzania We can't share you We want to share What's the problem? We need to keep these things at home Hashtag social Friday Thank you Yes my name is quite hard I understand So that was my name and then my father's name So my name specifically is Letha Brahan But I'm known for candy Because my name is quite difficult So I am a model from Ethiopia And I am a Miss Global Vision World's First Runners Up So I am a student A model And I do other stuffs too Do you understand Kusweli? He don't go Okay pull up wajina The name, we are still on the name Slowly Letha Brahan Yes together Letha Brahan What do I look like? Why you laughing at me? People on ground laughing at me What name would you give me if I was in Ethiopia? He what? What does that mean? Life? Oh that sounds so cool I'll see you when I see you guys Tell me about what Miss Global The award that you're wearing on your sachets What does it mean, what is it for, what's the cause? Okay Miss Global Vision World Is an international agent dealing with 17 sustainable development girls As a vision by 2013 Under United Nation Yes So mama mwa toki bukatia Ono aji butu evi vizuri Like I'm so confused She is so sweet even when she is talking about official things You just like this all the time Like you're soft like that It's okay, it's feminine Okay, all right tell me how it has been Being a second run, the first one is up How it has been Ethiopian and Tanzanian Well it hasn't been that easy To actually be first runners up too So the competition was at Kazkazi In Diani Getting ready for these things is not easy It was quite difficult getting ready Finding the costumes Oh you find your own costumes Yeah you have to get your own coronation Organer gowns You gotta get your own flights When people imagine Going to international pageants Modeling They normally imagine you As you just go as a VIP And they cover everything for you But that's not it Baby girl that's not it Baby girl So you have to cover your own costs The only thing that they mostly cover up Is your accommodation And food once you get there But before you get there Getting the right shoes, heels Getting the right cocktail dress Getting the right coronation dress Or it could be dinner dress And they're quite expensive So getting these things And financially, emotionally and time It's quite difficult But it's great to be first runners up In a nutshell In conclusion How is it being a student And being a model at the same time? Oh it's quite hard to handle Because sometimes you have classes And you have been called You have to do Kunakazia umodo Kunamatangazo Advertisement And the staffs Afunoko Times are classes Inakwa ni Piya kweleonana waza Kusababu as you know Parents want to take up education Sana Wana toa biya tumali zeshule Then tu tafanya izivi tu badae Like, yeah it's hard Difficult times And bad enough We don't have support From our country's government Yes, we just hold our flags All alone to be here Are you serious? Sure So when you go back home You're going to act like nothing happened You too? Gosh Sisiya patumtuana kimbeya One hour he's coming home To salvation We are so proud of him Okay that's a bit sad So you go through all that But at least you're beautiful And you have evidence So do you eat? You said apu kukula I went straight You said they cater for accommodation And food But do you guys eat? And this is not something That I'm asking lightly Because there's a stereotype That you don't eat Oh you mean as a model? Yeah When we're in this competition Or in general There's two sides Okay just answer both Okay so When we're in this competition Yes we do get to eat Just like a normal person Breakfast, lunch and dinner Kukula jikufu Oh my God Carbs and floated I'm not a model I don't know I don't know Some people Naturally they just Don't really get that fat Or the food they eat Disappears And in other days I personally don't follow Any diet or sports You just wake up Like this or fabulous Other than had the food Makeup this morning Yes Okay You too You just walk up fabulous Yes I personally Not to walk out I'm not doing diets Just my body shapes me That's all Heavily invested in eating I don't know why My results are not out yet But it's fine Anything is possible Hashtag social Friday So what does I want to ask There's usually a cause For let's say every pageant Has a theme of sorts So maybe if you win Or you are first or second Run us up There's usually some cause That you kind of get lost in We had one of our Miss Kenya Doing something with jigas As in usually there's Some humanitarian effort Put into Is that something that you Are doing or willing to do Yes It is part of the SDGs Of 2030 So these 17 goals Contain education Poverty Poverty System of cities and communities So we're supposed To be working on these With the UN, right? Yes While still studying And still trying to Lead normal lives Exactly You have no idea how hard it is Especially teacher I can't make it this Friday We can't first time Cause you're pretty like Okay so I gotta be somewhere Can I postpone it Do you have that leeway though As a national figure Yeah I try My teachers mostly try To understand these things It's very difficult But once you get there You gotta catch up For missing two weeks Girl That is quite hard And I personally take Different side classes Like for example I had to take Two months makeup Of course simple makeup I'm currently taking Fashion design I have taken Traditional dancing For one year Ethiopian Is that the belly one? It's Krista Oh it's the small figures When in Maloia In Maloia So yeah I train for such things And I'm so willing To learn different things I mean you can never Stop learning in life That's very exciting Yeah And I applaud you For doing so many things While you're still young I cannot guess your age I do not want to ask Cause it's not polite To ask a lady her age So I'm just going to Skip right past that What would you like to tell Anyone who's watching Who wants to be a model Or I don't know Who just want to look pretty Man Okay Being a model It's a passion You need to take care of pain Because there is A lot of experience A lot of difficulties Because you need A financial support You need connection Because there are Corruption There is a Yes A lot of Things will let you down So you have to be Ready Emotionally, spiritually Physically Yes Yes When Miss Kiauki Sema nim kenya Sim kenya nim tanzania Kuswai Is proper like that Hashtag Social Friday What would you like To tell the people Well ladies Who are interested in Being models What I can say is You don't have to be Skinny to be a model There are more than 22 Katakulis Of being a model Continue Yeah, thank you So You don't have to be skinny I mean there is glamour model There is runaway model There is photo model There is commercial models So even if you are like A little bit Who has a little bit of More weight Than the average models You can still be A lot of different models So any of you Can be a model You can be a model We are surrounding too So You can all be model ladies But what you need to be If you want to be An international model Is you definitely need support From your family If you don't come From a place Where the country supports you Like money You need money Yes baby You need money You need money In a lot of us You need to be ready Emotionally Because there are a lot of things That come on your way And things might not go The way you planned them Or the people Who brought you here To plan them So you need to be ready For changes And modeling Is passion as you said It has to come from you You have to want To be a model Not because you just Have a pretty face And you want to be Seen on social media So you really Would have to be a model And then it takes So much energy It's not that easy everybody It's not like You go on the stage And stuff But you make it look Easy ladies It looks easy To people But it's definitely Not easy getting ready For it In your way If you don't know The right people You might end up In the wrong place And if you're Really really wanting To be at the high Place really quickly And then you might take Short cuts And the short cuts Are another right way You got to take The baby steps baby So anyways So that's what I would say to The gorgeous women Out there who Want to be models Girls Go get it I don't know Me just Remove shirt Put a lianto We got you And we love you Last question Because you touched up That part of Facing an audience Because I'm on TV So I face a lot of people And there's two more I'm okay You look to do How I demand them over next And they have things To say on social media Do you guys get backlash As models Like someone just told me No you weren't that pretty I don't even know What you want Or bashing you for your body That's okay You didn't work very hard For but you're blessed with So how do you Maybe work with that Okay Okay first of all What I can say Your brain Is your crown Everyone can cut work Everyone can do photo shoot Can slang on social media Instagram, Facebook But you have to be Good on public speaking You have to be good In your brain Because your brain Is your crown So What I can say This modeling is not just Yes we are doing Just to get money Just to get platform To go ahead And hide on our dreams Because I am computer science Engineering So Yeah nobody can Nobody knows I will make it to this point So I will say This is just a gift From God And I'm thankful I'm grateful to be here And to have a crown For the whole world And this is a calling So I'm ready working For sustainable development girls For the vision of 2030 Yeah thank you We need a kufu after this I'm not doing any diplomatic things What would you like to say Well What was the question again Basically have you faced Negative commentary Body shaming Modeling Yeah Well not really I mean What I've learned on social media Or people finding you on the roads While you walk by Is no matter what you do Either if it's good Or if it's bad There will always be someone saying Bad things about you So all you have to do Is be confident Know what you're doing Go towards your goal And just Don't pay attention to the people Who are saying bad to you If you do They're just going to pull you back I've learned this on tiktok I am a tiktoker in my country I have almost 200k followers by now So yeah If you pay attention To what these people are saying They're just trying to drag you down And the same thing with modeling That people are probably going to say Oh you don't deserve this Or you're not even that pretty And kind of does like Well modeling is not just About being pretty And having a nice body Which is sexy No It's got to do with the brain You got to answer questions You got to learn about the world You got to know your community There are a lot of things That you need to know When you're in modeling Your pretty face And body Doesn't really get you To a lot of places Your brain does Use your brain very well And you will be Where your dream is We say Akili nenewele Akili Rasta Akili Tiktoker Masai We have someone To do tiktok with you Oh yeah He's also very enthusiastic But you're welcome You're welcome So much to the kawing manapo You're welcome Alright We really got to leave We got to go But I hope you stay And watch the rest of the show But for you We are going to take a musical break With the one mute Raji DJ And then we will be Okay Kwanzaad tizekumashwa La futururi nangoma Then Masai will come And we have another surprise For you in terms of guests Thank you