bloomstories: The long awaited Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja Grand Finale has come and gone with Miss Comfort M. Iraya emerging the winner of the 2021 most popular pageant show in Abuja.
At the Grand Finale which took place at Sheraton Hotels Abuja, Miss Lilian Obodo emerged the first runner up as Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja Tourism.
Also, at the event organised by Dolce Entertainment, Miss Tiara D. Damilola grabbed Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja Advocate with her second runner up position.
Others who smiled home Miss Princess Gambo who emerged as Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja Ambassador 2021, Miss Promise Ogah who is now the Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja Model and Miss Lois Christian who grabbed the coveted position of Face of Dolce Entertainment Ltd 2021.
Notable individuals who have distinguished themselves with excellent service delivery in their fields of endeavour were also given awards of recognition.
The CEO Hon. Ejiro Okphiwo appreciated all who attended the 21st edition as he congratulated the winners. He vowed to ensure their reign is fruitful. Video:
fregeneh: About 60% of the so called herdsmen menace were propaganda
It's not ! The Nigerian Army has taken their place in the south east that's why. The Nigerian Army are the ones doing to suppression and killings while the Herdsmen roam around with their cows
AniOmaa: Meet the student bringing Black illustrations to the medical field
Chidiebere Ibe said he hopes his creations will help change the field of medical illustration, which is predominately white and male.
Chidiebere Ibe started drawing medical illustrations featuring Black bodies about a year ago. "I made a deliberate action to constantly advocate that there be inclusion of Black people in medical literature,” he told NBC News.
Chidiebere Ibe started drawing medical illustrations featuring Black bodies about a year ago. "I made a deliberate action to constantly advocate that there be inclusion of Black people in medical literature,” he told NBC News.
Have you ever seen a medical illustration featuring a Black body? Social media users admitted they hadn’t when an image of a Black fetus in a Black woman’s womb went viral this month.
Chidiebere Ibe, 25, is behind the image. The Nigerian medical student, who will enter Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine next month, describes himself as a self-taught medical illustrator. He said he’s spent at least a year learning to draw anatomy, focusing on Black skin every step of the way.
“I wasn’t expecting it to go viral,” Ibe, an aspiring pediatric neurosurgeon, said of the image in an interview. “I was just sticking up for what I believe in, advocating for equality in health through medical illustrations. I made a deliberate action to constantly advocate that there be inclusion of Black people in medical literature.”
He began publishing the images on social media, showing conditions like empyema thoracis and seborrheic eczema on Black skin. Many of the images show skin conditions prevalent with Black people, combating a misrepresentation that often leads to misdiagnosis. The fetus illustration went viral after a Twitter user shared the photo, writing, “I’ve literally never seen a black foetus illustrated, ever.” The post was retweeted more than 50,000 times, and the illustration garnered more than 88,000 “likes” on Instagram and even made its way to TikTok. Ibe drew praise from medical professionals far and wide.
“Little did I understand what the drawing meant to a lot of people. On my LinkedIn, on my Twitter, on my Instagram, I read the comments and they really touched me. I was crying,” Ibe said. “It was amazing to see how good people felt about it. People could see themselves in the drawing.”
“Little did I understand what the drawing meant to a lot of people," said illustrator Chidiebere Ibe.Chidiebere Ibe Ibe said he became interested in medical illustrations after graduating with an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Uyo in Nigeria and preparing to enter medical school. Ibe, who leads creative design at the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, was working under Dr. Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye at the association to learn anatomy drawing when, he said, he came to a realization: “The drawings I saw aren’t in Black skin.” This launched him into studying medical illustration and focusing on Black skin. A little over a year later, Ibe said, the viral images have landed him an offer to pursue a PhD at a New York university after medical school.
Anatomy drawings have been around for thousands of years, but medical illustration was established as a profession in the United States in the late 19th century, according to the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI). The lack of Black representation in medical journals and textbooks is no secret, though. A January study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that just 4.5 percent of images in general medicine textbooks show dark skin.
Ni-ka Ford, the chair of AMI's diversity committee, said this is an extension of medical racism.
Just 4.5 percent of images in general medicine textbooks show dark skin, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.Chidiebere Ibe “The field is so closely connected to medicine and health care, which have a lot of roots in systemic racism. So that’s a big part of it,” Ford said. “Medical illustrations have historically have always been very predominately white and male centered. … A lot of textbooks have already been published and are already in the rounds around the world and they are very exclusionary in the visual content of people of different backgrounds.”
The few Black medical illustrators in the predominately white field have been working to right the injustice, Ford said. Earlier this year, she and the association’s diversity team launched the #AMIDiversity campaign, urging medical illustrators everywhere to post their work of “nonwhite bodies.” Ford said the association plans to hold the campaign annually. The team is also working on efforts to get more Black people into the field.
Chidiebere Ibe Ford, who has been a practicing medical illustrator for four years, said diverse medical illustrators are imperative for making diagnoses. She described medical illustrations as “visual education material” that play a major role in training medical professionals. “It literally affects patient health at the end of the day,” she said.
She added that diverse medical illustrations promote empathy in doctor-patient relationships and, in turn, improve patient care. When patients see reflective medical illustrations in their doctor’s office, it promotes trust and honest communication that are often vital in medical care, Ford said. There are a lot of positive implications for both the medical field and the patient when illustrations reflect different skin types, Ford added. And Ibe agreed.
BriggsBryan: A Nairalander, named Engr. Victor Eze who had earlier completed a Masters Degree in Construction Project and became a UK certified engineer have now completed a business degree from the prestigious Nottingham Business School UK. He shared the story at his LinkedIn account where he thanked the Nairaland fam for the amazing content they create on daily basis. Please fam, let’s celebrate him.
Don't be tempted to say " I love my country,I will come back home to make my country great". Just stay there Abeg
GULLIBLE Nigerian youths jumping up again at this. They just want to finish their tenure before implementing all these laws to frustrate incoming government that will take over Power from them.
Remember her, inlaw to Mallam El Rufai? She interviewed Buhari during the TV chat with presidential candidates and their deputies. That interview glaringly exposed the deep flaws of Buhari. She gave him soft landing tailored towards a desired goal. pic.twitter.com/Q2dnxfO9AP
hartoyebi38: Bullying is real and a lot of children are traumatised. One of my children came home complaining about how he was being bullied at school.
They kept on taunting him. Do you have washing machine at home? Do you have dish washer? Bla bla bla.
He was branded as inferior. I told him to fight back. We don’t have and there is no shame about it. We were then living in an environment where the light could go for two weeks without PHCN caring if there are human beings there.
So, where do we get light to run washing machine and other gadgets? More importantly, I am from Ekiti where we use ‘laulau’ and ‘kanrinkan’ to wash plates. In Ekiti, we are used to ‘olo ata’ (grinding stone) because grinding machine erodes the taste.
My grandma used ‘ogiri’ to replace maggi without apology. ‘Omi cocoa’ was our juice. The gift of my mother-in-law to my family when we got married was ‘odo’ to pounded yam on banana leàves with bush meat and vegetable to match, before the eateries hijacked it from us.
So, the secondary school mates should not goad my son into all these modern tools.
As God would have it one day, one of the bullies, a girl, came to buy frozen fish in a shop beside my house along Matogun NO ROAD, Oke-Aro (Politicians have been using the road as part of their campaign promises before democracy started in America).
Anyway, immediately the girl sighted my son, she asked “Is this your house?’ And he replied ‘Yes’. Then, she said sarcastically “Eh, so your house has no fence”. My son cried inside, that the following day, he would be ridiculed at school because his daddy’s house has no fence.
I told him, ‘There is need to cry. Where do you expect me, a journalist to get money to fence a house? When you get to the school tomorrow, call the other bullies and give the first jab, saying, “Come o, I saw this girl yesterday at their family ‘s Shoprite’. Stress it very well and once it hits the bully, she would keep quite.
Never tolerate bullies, young or old. Develop a fighting spirit. May the LORD give us all inner strength.
*Ayodele Ale is a journalist, lawyer and public affairs analyst
Sammydanny: Tems, the very fast-rising Nigerian singer, has reacted to a controversial video of Wizkid trying to lift her up at his concert at the O2 Arena.
The video, which went viral on Thursday night after his performance in London, had Wizkid holding Tems while she tried to remove his hands.
The ‘Essence’ crooner was trying to lift Tems up during their performance at the third day of his ‘Made in Lagos’ concert in London.
The video has since stirred controversies on social media as some persons accused Wizkid of trespassing and sexual harassment.
While others mocked Wizkid for trying to lift Tems who is way bigger than him in size.
Tems has however weighed in on the controversy.
According to her, Wizkid is her brother and just wants everyone to know he’s human but she still loves him.
Tems said: “All I’m going to say Wizkid is my brother someone I look up to and I’m grateful for everything he’s done and his existence.
“I want you guys to remember that he’s human I’m human and I love him that’s not going to change love I have for him is not going to change.”
seunmsg: Bereaved women protested and only the name of a popular pro-PDP lady who did not lost anyone was mentioned. So, who are these bereaved women? What’s the name of their lost loved ones? Why did they refuse to appear before the panel?
The ones who appeared nko? Why are them been threatened with death everywhere they go.
If I catch a confirmed Boko Haram Terrorist read handed. God in heaven knows I will deal with him decisively before even other people will see his body
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