Huffington Post features bread seller accidentally scouted by TY Bello

The story gets interesting by the day for a 27-year-old bread seller Olajumoke Orisaguna whose grass to grace rise has caught national attention as she has been featured in an article by Huffington post.

The article reveals how Olajumoke’s story is that of many wishful day dreamers who wish to hug the limelight when she unintentionally walked into a shot photographer TY Bello had lined up for British rapper Tinie Tempah.

Moments after the shoot, Tempah whose photo was taken beside the bread seller chose to share the picture on Instagram and his fans went haywire asking who the girl in the picture was.

The article also reveals how TY Bello didn’t take cognisance of the breadseller who gate crashed the photo shoot until she had a second thought about her and her unique features.

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“The moment didn’t look special at all,” she wrote on Instagram. “If anything she stood there a little confused.

“Some people asking her to leave the set and others asking her to stay. I signaled [to ask] if it was ok to take her photograph and she agreed, and I pressed on my shutter so she could move ahead.

“I was wrong to have paid her such little attention. Every frame with her in it was perfect.”

TY Bello later found herself drawn to Orisaguna’s figure and later made an appeal on Instagram seeking more information about her.

“Who is she?” Bello wrote. “Everyone has been asking if this lady is a model… It was a perfect coincidence… She just happened to be walking by while I photographed. It happened so fast.

“She definitely should be a model. I’m happy to help her build her portfolio if she’s interested.

“She’s so beautiful and photographed so well. I’ll find a way to track her down somehow. You guys can also help.”
TY Bello got her wish when she got in contact again with the bread seller and from there, things started to take a 360 degree turn for the mother of two.

Barely a week after she was unearthed by TY Bello, Olajumoke who fortune chose to smile on graced the cover of ThisDay Style and has also been snapped up by a modelling agency, Few Models Management Nigeria run by top model, Bolaji Fawehinmi.

Even eccentric entertainer and former PMAN President Charly boy Oputa chose to weigh-in on her inspiring story by penning an extensive article which ends with him concluding that: “Hard work and tenacity will always win “it” for you. Opportunities are all around us everyday but we seize them (or not) by time and chance.

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