Twenty five years old queen Koko Ibiye Godfrey, is a Nigerian-born African Fashion Model Ambassador, Artiste and Queen of international standard in modeling, who hails from Ozuboko Community Ogoloma in Okrika, Rivers State Nigeria.
She is an only child from Mr. Godfrey Koko and Nitabai Appah, a polygamous Ijaw speaking family.
She speaks Ijaw language very fluently and has good command of English Language and effective Communication Skills.
Queen Ibiye Koko Godfrey has natural carriage with elegance radiating the African woman with ability, authority, confidence, self-esteem, purity and beauty which reflects directly on her amiable physical personality and posture.
Queen Ibiye is a combination of talent, beauty and brain with educational discipline in Science laboratory Technology (SLT) from Kenule Beeson Saro Wiwa Polytechnic Bori City in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State.
She is a top class Model and Make-up Artiste who presents herself as an African Queen Brand and modeling for specific local and international brands.
She believes that African Costumes which are her fovourites speaks more about Africa and gives her lots of confidence and authority as a woman and an African (Nigerian to be precise).
Talented Ibiye Koko has participated in several beauty pageants and fashion shows across Nigeria and have won laurels in her chosen career which includes, Miss Bikini 2017, Two-time Miss Face of entertainment 2019, Fashion model Ambassador 2021 among others.
She is a Queen Mother who has crowned 18 other Queens to her credit in the field of modeling, beauty and fashion entertainment.
With lots of personal skills in production, Queen Ibiye is very passionate about the Girl Child and ensuring that she mentors other younger girls on the positive sides of modeling career and teaching them make-ups application and organic soap making processes for sustainable living.
While enumerating challenges associated with modeling and fashion careers, Queen Ibiye said that “Models in the Nigerian society are always seen as prostitutes but we’re not. We love our looks and take special interest in ourselves. When people see us they give us all sorts of names that we’re not” she said.
In Nigeria, Models pass through a lot of stress because of the negative perception they already have about us. But that is not true. Models are very decent people and responsible girls in the society irrespective of how we’re seen.
Though some models do some silly things that undermine the career just to be up there. But generally, we’re decent and compassionate people.
And because of the way we dress most times which, to me, is restricted to only when you are contesting people misconstrue us as prostitutes partly because of our stage appearances and the exposure of some parts of our bodies in some cases.
That is what modeling and beauty pageantry entails. But when we are not contesting and living our normal lives we dress properly even more decent than the ordinary girl on the street that is not a model.
According to Queen Ibiye, “there are lots of challenges we face on daily basis. People want to go out with you, mess around with you and still say nasty things about you.
“This is not right at all. Sometimes, we may run out of money to meet with our female personal needs as a girl and when you honestly ask someone for financial assistance, the person would want to sleep with you first before giving you the assistance (if any).
“This has always been the constraints to models.
But in as much as there are challenges the benefits are awesome because when you are victorious and crowned, you improve on your status socially and economically. People identify with your success; you meet with top government officials and even sit with Kings and Queens and you become celebrity.
“I therefore, urge young girls not to be discouraged with what they hear about models and brace up and face these challenges. I also know that when you are committed and God is with you success is always achieved. No pain no gain. No success without sacrifice. Modeling is a way of life and a profiting career”, Ibiye said.
