Maryam Elisha

[4] While studying English Language at the University of Lagos, Elisha entered and won the Miss Valentine Beauty Pageant, 2007.

[7] In 2008, she collaborated with another pageant winner, Damilola Otunbanjo, Sisi Oge of Lagos, to advocate for good health care and campaign against stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS.

[14] In 2015, Elisha and her fashion brand received public attention due to the success of pageant contestants she clothed and the awards they won.

[15] In another 2016 interview with The Punch newspaper, Elisha said that: “the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Unoaku Anyadike, emerged the top five during the modeling competition at Miss World 2015.

Also, Miss Tourism Nigeria 2014, Collete Nwadike, was the first black woman to win the Exquisite Face of the Universe in 2015.

[18][19][20][21] She was named Pageant Couturier of the Year at the 2016 Xperience Womanity Awards, held in Enugu state in April.