Idia Aisien is a Nigerian-Cameroonian model and television presenter who, within one year, has made her voice heard in the Nigerian, and international fashion and television industry.
While currently based in New York City, Idia, 26, was born in Lagos, Nigeria. At the age of 15, Idia finished high school and landed her first modeling gig was a UNICEF charity fashion show in Lagos.
In a recent Instagram post, the Nigeria’s young and fast-rising talk show star connects the dots in her life journey from childhood to the star she is today.
She shared her childhood picture and wrote;
”From a shy and mischievous catholic girl to an outspoken TV host. The story is too long but I’ll try…I remember 3am buses and trains to nyc from dc maybe twice every week when I wanted to become a model more than anything.
I can still taste tears of countless rejections…I remember the 18 credit and work semesters, the internships I juggled with modeling jobs, and being the Nigerian RA on the 4th floor who secretly reported anyone drinking and smoking ganja (???) —imagine how few my friends were lol.
How about the endless research at NYU on how new media and public relations could affect peace building in developing countries?—NOBODY cared! LOL. My move to Nigeria was even more unplanned, but God connected all the dots.
He has made sense out of the most random encounters and sent helpers in the most unassuming ways. It might be funny now, but the hustle was nothing to laugh about! And there’s only one lesson to take away; nothing happens by accident! #grateful#misfittohero#RebeltoRoleModel.”
