FRESH FACE: YBF Chick Miss London 2011 Rissikat Bade!

We love a YBF fresh face.  And here’s one from across the pond.  Rissikat Bade was crowned Miss London recently….and she’s readying for the Miss World pageant.  But she says since no modeling agencies would hire her, she decided to go get a law degree instead.

Learn more about the pageant queen inside…

Rissikat is from Brixton and is a 21 year-old Nigerian law student.  She moved to Southbank London at 16 after years of studying in Ukraine. And since the next for any beauty queen is the next level of crowning, you would think she would be all in to win the Miss England (finale takes place on July 19th) and then later the Miss World title.  Especially being that not many YBF chicks get this opportunity.

But instead, she told the London Evening Standard that since she was rejected by hundreds of modeling agencies (aside from the contract she won from Muse Management UK as part of her prize), her priority is her law degree:

"I definitely plan to continue with my law study. I never thought of I would drop my university study for anything. Education is important to me and it’s important for a good life I think in general.

"I’m not saying university is the only way to get a job or be successful, but I do think education is a good thing if you can afford it."

"If I get offered any more contracts I will try to balance both. I’m studying law because it’s something I like to study, I just did an
internship and I really enjoyed it.

"I’m trying to keep my options open for after university but if I can do something practical and creative that would be my dream."

And for those who criticize pageants, she says:

"None of the entrants I have met are bimbos, all the girls have to show something more than their beauty. There is nothing wrong with celebrating beautiful women trying to promote their country and trying to be good role-models.

"Miss England is not like any fashion show where you just walk down the catwalk, you have to be able to speak in public and show something more than your looks."

So she’s still on the fence on whether or not she will actually compete in the higher pageant.

I think she’s gorge and hopefully will do both jobs of pursuing her law degree as well as her higher title.  Good luck to Rissikat!