Meet Joseph Maina The Mr Grand Ambassador Thika.
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| Mburu Joseph Maina is the current Mr Grand Ambassador |
Mburu Joseph Maina is the current Mr Grand Ambassador Thika
2017, the 4th year student Community Health student at Mount Kenya
University- Thika doubles up as the Mr Environmental-Nyeri County.
1.Were you born and
raised in Thika: Yes and No I regard myself as a local tourist, though I
was born in Nyeri County, I stay in Juja and study in Thika.
2.Tell us about your
journey as a male model: I began modelling in 2016 while still in campus
after my bid to be crowned Mr MKU 2016/2017 flopped, however I never lost hope
and thanks to Ms Ruth Opanga CEO Vintage Models Company I have gained
confidence and participated in other beauty and fashion shows across the
country with the recent one being Mr & Miss Thika held in July.
3.Do Thika people
support what you do: Yes they do, I have been to many fashion events held
in Thika, and when you see the likes of Thika Town Constituency Eng. Patrick
“Jungle” Wainaina finding time off their busy schedule to grace occasions such
as Mr & Miss Thika and the residents also attend such events or any other
event organised by key stakeholders in the fashion industry that is when you
know that Thika supports fashion.
4.What projects are you
working on at the moment? As the grand ambassador together with our
modelling agency we are currently involved in various social projects with the
collaboration of other like-minded institutions such as Kenya Red Cross-Thika
Branch, The Susan Gitau Counselling Foundation, we recently joined hands with
the above stakeholders to sensitize Thika residents on the importance of
adhering to the ban imposed by the state against the use of plastic bags, also
the Blood Donation drive organised by Kenya Red Cross- Thika Branch and Thika
Peace Clean Up exercise among other projects.
5.There are certain
stereotypes that are associated with the Fashion and Modelling industry how do
plan on changing them? I have heard people criticise male models calling
them all sorts of names this is unfortunate that there those people who mistake
being fashion conscious as being inclined to a certain sexual orientation, my
take is we need to shift our mind set to viewing grooming as a way of communicating
remember it’s never about how expensive you bought that pair of trousers, it’s
about how best you clad in them. Am glad that in Thika there are many fashion
designers and fashion coming up, this is evident from the numerous boutiques
coming up and the huge number of hawkers flooding the streets selling trendy
clothing and so forth.
6.Three things you
would love to change about Thika Town Some people in this town do not value
home grown talent, its high time that we invest in this, I see no reason why we
should go to other towns and scout for talent yet Thika is a home of talents.
Thika is a learning hub, look around you we have lots of institutes of higher
learning but majority of the student population is from neighbouring counties I
feel we are failing if we do not tap into this too. On the environment front I
would like to urge our leaders to emulate what Nairobi City County Governor HE
Gideon “Sonko” Mbuvi Kioko is doing to make the city clean and make Thika cleaner
and greener.
7.Last words of advice
to those aspiring to be models? This
industry has great potential we have various categories in the modelling
industry that cater for all people be it run way, commercial, and high fashion
modelling, so I would urge especially the young people of Thika let them not
stay idol and engage in negative virtues take up the challenge and sign up to
be models and take advantage of entities such as Vintage Modelling Company and
their lives will never be the same.
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Joe Calvix
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