Introducing the elegantly beautiful Queen Chioma Williams Okoro as our Model of the Month for February 2025. Queen Chioma Williams Okoro, a remarkable figure who hails from Afikpo South Local Government Area in Ebonyi State, has established herself as a professional Plus-Size model in the modeling industry. Her extraordinary talent and commitment have led her to achieve the esteemed title of beauty queen, and she currently holds the title of Most Vibrant Queen International, showcasing her vibrant presence and significant impact in the beauty pageant realm.
In sharing her journey as a philanthropist, she discussed her recently completed pet project, along with her life experiences and the challenges she has overcome.
I believe in letting love guide us, in allowing your heart to do good, and in extending love to people, whether they are less privileged or well-off. Everyone needs help, even me, but the key is not to wait until they ask for your help before you notice them. That’s why I said earlier to let your heart do good. When you allow your heart to do good, you will notice people’s needs and even develop an observational skill for yourself.
I have always desired to extend love because I don’t want others to experience what my mother endured in her family and what I went through in mine due to her traumatic past. Trauma doesn’t only arise from terrifying events; it can also stem from sensitive issues that emotions can trigger. Instead of succumbing to depression, my mom fought fiercely for her family’s love. She was so absorbed in her family that she forgot she had her own family to care for. That lack of love transferred to me as her first child. I was treated like an outcast in my family. What my peers did, if I do it, I would be beaten mercilessly by my mom. I continued to fight for their love, but none came through. Even when I was abused twice by my uncle, I never told my family to this day because I believe even now that they wouldn’t believe me.
I have always desired to extend love because I don’t want others to experience what my mother endured in her family and what I went through in mine due to her traumatic past.
I started taking my parents money to get their attention, I wanted them to ask me why I was doing that, what i wanted but none came, I was beaten like a thief, they even went to my school and told my principal and teachers that I take their money and it leaked out to the students and villagers and they all use the opportunity to accuse me of many in things because they knew my parents won’t defend me instead they would beat me from where they got the complaints. My father disowned me and mother couldn’t disown because she gave birth to me but I saw hell, I took overdose of codine but nothing happened to me, I tried hanging myself but the rope cut, I slept under rain instead of getting sick I got used to cold places, even when I was diagnosed of appendicitis, my parents queried me like I caused it myself.
Many traumatizing things happened that I even got scared to go on dates, have boyfriends, I seriously needed a place of comfort, a place to show confidence, a place where I am not treated like an outcast, where I can do like my fellow girls. One certain day, I became disobedient and started this modelling journey, that same day I erased myself name from my family, I started to work, went on pageants, went to school, helped people the little way that I can, from there I started extending love to people but to tell you the truth, people say I am proud and saucy but what they don’t know was that was to boost my confidence, that was to overcome the disgrace I went through while growing up up.
Modeling helped me grow that confidence and use its platform to reach out to people, extend help that I couldn’t get. Because of my experience in life, I became observant and it’s even because of these observations that I found out what my parents went through in their families and I began to treat myself to be better, not to allow those things weigh me down. I began to give out the little I had to those that needed it, those things that I didn’t have and wanted then, I have them now cox I am now addicted to shopping them and I work so hard to get them, I work as an accountant and I am a business owner (I buy and sell rice grains and palm oil in bulk, I am like a dealer) any business that can give me enough money to do my reach out is my calling.
So my advice to people out there, so not let family and community problems weigh you down, stand straight on your 6″in heel, with your head high in the clouds and your shoulders broad and your chest out, and your knees locked and your hand flexible and stiff at the same time, and catwalk like a queen and king that you are. And most importantly, don’t trample another and let love lead.