I’m a Lawyer. I have a PhD in Law. I’m
affiliated with international organisations like The Kofi Anan International
Peace Keeping Institute at the UN, ECOWAS and the AU. These are people I work
with. At the moment, I’m a senior researcher for some consulting firms in the
UK. I was also a beauty queen. I was the first runner-up of the Most Beautiful
Girl in Nigeria pageant in 2003 and was Miss ECOWAS in 2004, hosted by Cape
Verde. I was the first Nigerian that won Miss ECOWAS. Beauty Pageants were just
stepping stones for me. I contested beauty pageants because I needed money to
complete my education. It got to the point that I think God wanted me to as I
got the money and went back to school.
The above were the words of Dr. May
Ikora, when she was replying some questions – asked by a reporter of the Sun
Newspaper of Nigeria.
Ikora is a consultant and entrepreneur who had
first degree in Psychology, second degree in Peace Studies, and Phd in Law from
the University of Hull, United Kingdom. She has also made a career in International
Development and Human Rights.
Source: Google.
During her visit to Nigeria, recently, she talked
about her natural skin care product line, life (living) in abroad, and her plan to come back home very
soon to further encourage and motivate teenage girls on the essence of being
focused and diligent in their careers and life generally. May seemed to be passionate about her
fulfilment when she says, “By the time I
became Miss ECOWAS , I was rounding up my degree programme and I thought my
career was more important to me than the usual glamour of becoming an actress
or model which was what most of my friends got into. For a long time, I was
doing pencil portraits and my first account was open with the proceeds. I did a
bit of modelling but I’m known for pencil portraits in the university”.
She recounted that while she was working, her
profile rose and she became a regional co-coordinator for international
organisations in the UK, after which she applied for PhD scholarship and got
it.
