Over the
weekend, a photographer shared beautiful photos of a girl with multi-coloured
eyes named Peace who she met selling Ugwu with her mother at Mile 12 Market.
She shared the photos online and it went viral.
In an update today, the
photographer said she went back there to meet the girl over the possibility of
a proper photoshoot and maybe a modeling career but she was resisted by other
market women who said the young girl was being exploited. Below is what the
photographer wrote
I can't believe how ignorant and envious people can be... I went
to meet peace where her mum sells Ugwu and I was almost eaten raw by the Ugwu
sellers there... I was so disoriented!
Peace' Mum didn't complain, I already spoke with her Dad and he
was grateful but these women couldn't hide their jealousy, they made a scene
and almost tagged me a kidnapper...people started gathering.
The envious Ugwu women said they saw her pictures everywhere on
the internet that she was too young, I asked them if she was too young to be
successful?
These women were trying to convince her mum not to allow me take
her to the studio for professional photos. They even blamed her for allowing me
to take the pictures in the first place.
That's when it became so obvious that it was jealousy!
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