Karen talks about Why Nigerians make Success in Reality Shows

Karen Igho, a 27-year-old former bikini and lingerie model, returned home to Lagos in early August to be feted by the city's cocktail-sipping gliterrati at a welcome party hosted by one of the megacity's hottest nightclubs. But her win wasn't the first for Africa's most populous nation.

 "Nothing in Nigeria is really handed to us when you think about it; social amenities, when you get sick. ... It's coming all out-of-pocket (so) Nigerians have that hustling mentality."You'll hardly find a calm, soft-spoken Nigerian and people love to see entertaining loud people that love to stand up for themselves."

The Big Brother Africa(BBA)show grips viewers through the antics of the contestants, whether in fights, jokes or come-ons. Igho had all three. Asked why she forced herself on a male housemate, Igho told fans: "All the fine boys were taken. ... I had to (make do) with Zeus."
Her failed attempt to make out with a Botswanan rapper was one of many episodes that have left viewers glued to their screens.

"Later, I heard that's what they were looking for: the average Nigerian girl with a tattoo who people will misjudge, thinking she's the bad girl," Igho said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "It's not everything that glitters is gold. It's not what is outside my body, it's about what's in here, that's my heart."
At the end, Igho and a white Zimbabwean named Wendall Parson walked away winners with $200,000 apiece. She joined fellow Nigerians Uti Nwachukwu and Kevin Pam in clinching the show's top prize. Like her predecessors, Igho hopes her victory will boost her career in Nigeria's entertainment industry, a thriving field with a film industry that makes 40 new movies a week and music that can be heard across the continent -- and beyond.

 "I bet they will really want to see Karen live after 'Big Brother,' eh? So camera will be rolling with me 24 hours, hey!" Igho shouted during the AP interview. "Ain't you guys tired of seeing me? For 91 days -- apparently not."

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