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  • Comment: Seems alright to me. I have added two clarification cleaup tags in the Rikaoto By ME section. Instead of saying something like Template:Tq is only for quoting in talk and project pages. Do not use it in actual articles., it's instead better to say more specific things like Template:Tq is only for quoting in talk and project pages. Do not use it in actual articles.. TimothyJosephWood 12:32, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
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  • Comment: Does appear to pass notability. Still has tone issues. Leaving for another reviewer. Robert McClenon (talk) 12:54, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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Maryam Elisha
File:Maryam Elisha Official Photograph.jpg
Born
Kano, Nigeria
EducationUniversity of Lagos
OccupationFashion Designer
Years active2002 - present
TitleMiss Valentine, Miss Environment, Pageant Couturier of the Year, Fashion Designer of the Year

Maryam Elisha (born Maryam Rikoto Elisha in Kano state, Nigeria), is a Nigerian model, beauty queen and fashion designer.[1] She founded the Rikaoto by ME fashion brand in 2009, two years after being crowned Miss Valentine.[2] Elisha was also named one of the 20 most influential pageant personalities in Nigeria.[3]

Early life and education

Maryam Elisha is from Kebbi state but was born in Kano state to a now retired police officer father and a businesswoman mother. She is the youngest of seven children.[2] She had her primary and secondary school education in Kano state before relocating to Lagos state to study English Language at the University of Lagos.[4] After graduating from the university, she proceeded to the New Jersey Fashion School, in the United States, where she trained for eight months in fashion designing.[5]

Career

Modeling

Maryam was scouted by an agent while in secondary school and eventually worked as a model for close to eight years.[5] As a model, she was the maiden face of Airtel Nigeria (Zain), when it was Vmobile. She also modeled for other top brands like Delta Soap, Sterling Bank in Nigeria.[1] MTN Nigeria, Lucozade Boost and Diamond Bank are some brands she modeled for.[4]

Pageantry

While studying English Language at the University of Lagos, she entered and won the Miss Valentine Beauty Pageant, 2007.[6] In 2008, Elisha collaborated with another pageant winner, Damilola Otunbanjo, Sisi Oge of Lagos, to advocate for good health care and campaign against stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS. This advocacy brought Elisha the Miss Environment title, by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, and recognition by the former governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.[7][8] Elisha also contested in the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant 2013 but did not win.[9][10]

Rikaoto By ME

File:Xperience Womanity Awards, 2016, Image.jpg
Maryam Elisha, posing with her award at the Xperience Womanity Awards, 2016, in Enugu

The brand was founded in 2009 and makes red carpet and evening dresses. Several pageant contestants and winners in local and international competitions have donned designs by Rikaoto By ME.[11][12][13] In 2014, due to the association of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 2013, Anna Ebiere Banner with the Rikaoto brand, Elisha worked as fashion consultant to MBGN 2014.[14] In 2015, Elisha and her fashion brand received public attention due to the success of pageant contestants she clothed and the awards they won.[3] In a 2016 interview with The Encomium Magazine, Elisha disclosed about 14 beauty queens emerged wearing her design.[15] In another 2016 interview with The Punch Newspaper, Elisha said that: “the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Unoaku Anyadike, emerged the top five during the modeling competition at Miss World 2015. Also, Miss Tourism Nigeria 2014, Collete Nwadike, was the first black woman to win the Exquisite Face of the Universe in 2015. She also won the best outfit at the pageant.”[5] [a] Elisha also added bridal outfits to the Rikaoto by ME collections.[15] The brand has exhibited at several fashion shows like the New York Fashion Week, Miami Fashion Week,[1] Washington based DC Fashion Week,[16] Paris Fashion Week, Mercedes Fashion Week,[4] and The African Fashion Week Nigeria.[17]

Works and recognition

Rikaoto By Me was one of the fashion houses commissioned to make clothes for the ex-president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan.[18] She also serve as a judge on pageant shows.[19][18][20] Maryam Elisha was named Pageant Couturier of the Year at the 2016 Xperience Womanity Awards, which held in Enugu state in April.[21]

Notes

  1. ^ See Unoaku Anyadike and Collete Nwadike

References

  1. ^ a b c Olehi, Uche (17 April 2014). "Ex-beauty Queen and Rikaoto Boss Maryam Elisha Dreams Nmulti Mmillion Business Empire". Encomiun Magazine. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Halim, Kate (12 February 2010). "ELISHA, MISS VALENTINE 2007, I KEEP MY MALE ADMIRERS AT BAY". Nigerian Best Forum. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Ben Bruce, Agbani Darego Makes the Annual 20 Most Influential Pageant Personalities in Nigeria 2015/2016 List". Newsfactory. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Egole, Anozie (1 February 2014). "I Make More Money As A Model Than Most Actresses". Vanguard Newapapers. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "How I Avoid Scandals". Punch Newspapers. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Rikaoto by Me, Rois & Reine to showcase at AFWN 2016". Premium Herald. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Maryam Elisha now Miss Environment". Nation Newspapers. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Fashola Advocates Return To Indigenous Cultural Values". Office of the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  9. ^ Aiki, Damilare (14 June 2013). "BN Exclusive: Your First Look at the Miss Nigeria 2013 Finalists". Bella Naija. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  10. ^ Anokam, Sam (3 August 2013). "What I hate about men". Vanguard Newspapers. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ^ Queen Nwadike Thanks Designer, Rikaoto
  12. ^ http://www.stelladimokokorkus.com/2015/12/miss-tourism-2014-collette-nwadike-wins.html
  13. ^ onobello.com
  14. ^ Olehi, Uche (26 July 2014). "Bayelsa agog as 19 year old undergraduate, Iheoma Nnadi is crowned MBGN 2014 (2)". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ^ a b Joseph, Tinuola (21 February 2016). "Rikaoto's Mariam Elisha explains why she loves making bridal outfits". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  16. ^ http://www.dcfashionweek.org/portfolio/rikaoto
  17. ^ http://africafashionweeknigeria.com/portfolio_page/rikaoto
  18. ^ a b Mutiat Alli, My Brand Touches Everyone, Dailytimes.ng, June 1, 2016
  19. ^ https://www.nigeriafilms.com/style/122-beauty/24783-collete-nwadike-emerges-2014-miss-tourism-nigeria-winner
  20. ^ Halima Abubakar And Mariam Elisha Unveiled As Judges For Miss Ideal Nigeria 2016
  21. ^ Xperience Womanity Awards


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