Adama Jobe is the winner of Miss Africa Netherlands 2015 – 2016 that took place last weekend in Amsterdam. The top Gambian model won the contest and took the crown from Rosemary Kargbo who was Miss Africa Netherlands 2013 – 2014.
“I was very nervous but composed, praying silently as I was about to get on stage. When I got on the stage, everything felt great but winning was the greatest accomplishment,” said the 20-year-old after being declared the winner of the pageant.
On the daring Michael Jackson impersonation, Adama said: “I’ve always loved dancing. When I was in high school I got into break-dancing. I found it interesting because not every girl can see themselves doing it. I chose it as my talent in the pageant, because the first time I told a few friends about it one of them told me ‘That’s not a female thing to do’ and being the feminist that I am, I replied: ‘What a man can do, a woman can do,’ and so I did.”
Speaking of being a changemaker and starting a foundation, the beauty queen said” “Well it’s one thing to be a beauty queen with a crown but it’s another thing to be a role model and change maker. The journey doesn’t end here; this is the beginning. I intend on travelling back to The Gambia to start my organisation, and start the real work.”
Miss Africa Netherlands is an initiative aimed at empowering women of African descent residing in the Netherlands.
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