Stella Dimoko Korkus.com: Former Mr. Nigeria Kenneth Okolie Talks About Marriage,His Body And Reveals An Average Nigerian Model's Pay

Advertisement

Advertisement - Mobile In-Article

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Former Mr. Nigeria Kenneth Okolie Talks About Marriage,His Body And Reveals An Average Nigerian Model's Pay

Did i just read that right?A model's take home pay in Nigeria is what???? 



Former Mr Nigeria Kenneth Okolie, model turned actor, got married to his beau, Jessica Nakai,in December 2017...

When he shared his pre-wedding photos, some ladies who drooled over his body aired their minds. Some pleaded with the former second runner-up of Mr. World 2010 not to lose his ‘lovely physique’.


During a chat with Saturday Beats, the actor reassured his fans that marriage would not change his physique as he was a fitness enthusiast.


He said, “Marriage is amazing and wonderful. My diet has not changed even as a married man and I have always been a fitness enthusiast, it is part of my lifestyle. A week cannot pass by without me visiting the gym to do at least a number of push-ups.


My wife knows this about me already; I also try to encourage her to be a fitness enthusiast. I eat regularly but I cannot get fat, the worst that can happen is that my belly would get big. I won’t get fat, it is in my gene. When my belly seems big, I just head to the gym, so marriage cannot change my hot body.





The actor told Saturday Beats that he never dreamt of becoming an actor but had to venture into the world of make-believe because models were not treated with respect in Nigeria.


Okolie said, “I have always had a passion for acting. Even though I never dreamt of becoming an actor; somehow, I found myself here. I just gave acting a shot and after I tried it, I never looked back. I started as a model while I was in school in Ghana. The only stint I had with acting was in secondary school, when we had a stage play.


I dumped modelling for acting because people do not value models in Nigeria. Models are not regarded in Nigeria; they just use us as hangers. They don’t respect us but internationally, models are a big deal because without the models, you cannot sell your product. That is how they make the fame and money.


In Nigeria, a designer can pay you about N10,000 to wear their product and that is it. There is no respect. Even when I won Mr. Nigeria, there were some agencies and designers that made comments like, ‘You are Mr. Nigeria, so what? Go and sit down.

When I saw that, I crossed over to acting and became popular. Now, those same guys are asking me to wear their clothes and that they would pay a lot of money. They are now the ones begging me to endorse their product. The truth is that I did not model for a long while in Nigeria because of all this nonsense. The disrespect really angered me, so I faced acting. I was only fulfilled as a model when I did it outside Nigeria because the respect was there.

14 comments:

  1. of course models don't earn much nah... most of them na osho free sef.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Haha haha the part of him ranting about the respect and pay for modelling not being there is funny.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Nawa o.. That's so not fair for the models then. So why are they still doing modelling if it doesn't pay them well?

    ReplyDelete
  4. 10 what? Are you kidding me
    Started liking him in husbands of lagos
    Happy married life

    ReplyDelete
  5. Shebi Chris Okagbue said it nau

    ReplyDelete
  6. The 'direspect' really pain am..I can feel his anger from here . you keep getting better by the day in your acting..keep it up

    ReplyDelete

Disclaimer: Comments And Opinions On Any Part Of This Website Are Opinions Of The Blog Commenters Or Anonymous Persons And They Do Not Represent The Opinion Of StellaDimokoKorkus.com

Pictures and culled stories posted on this site are given credit and if a story is yours but credited to the wrong source,Please contact Stelladimokokorkus.com and corrections will be made..

If you have a complaint or a story,Please Contact StellaDimokoKorkus.com Via

Sdimokokorkus@gmail.com
Mobile Phone +4915210724141