Miss Diaspora Africa International Pageant
Diamond of Diaspora
MEET Devora Wooden
Born in Brooklyn, New York City where she currently resides after relocating from Charlotte North Carolina where her first accessory was opened in 2014.
In 2007, Devora formed Dig Deep LLC, a full service accessory company specialzing in one-on-one fashion jewelry & beauty services for Women. Later incorporating menwear and expanding her collections to include handbags.
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With years of experience catering to Women and their beauty needs; which is very personal, forced Devora reinvent her herself, revamp her services to include Creative Consulting.
She is currently the Creative Consultant for Miss Diaspora Africa International Pagent, her works include our Website Design and Logistical support in any areas. We are very excited to use her skills as part of the judges team to help pick the next Miss Diaspora Africa International.
MEET Adia Oshikoya
Born in Orange County New Jersey, and now a native of Dallas Texas and a recent graduate of the Berklee college Of Music.
At just 24 years old Adia Oshikoya a first generation Nigerian-American is a non - profit business owner and has continued to develop as an entertainer, athlete and performer. She is the current Miss Black Massachusetts Coed Pageant Title Holder, a signed model, professional football player Linebacker/ Defensive End for the Women’s Football Alliance League Championship Team The Boston Renegades and a multitalented vocalist who also plays several instruments.
With her numerous experience participating in the Miss America and Miss USA Pageant Systems, Modeling, Fitness Modeling and Acting; Adia is very excited to use her skills as part of the judges team to help pick the next Miss Diaspora Africa International.
MEET Daniella Cobb, Owner of
Pink Diamond Management
Pink diamonds are unique, strong and brilliant. This is what defines Daniella Cobb and her company Pink Diamond Management.
Pink Diamond Management did not have the normal beginnings. The founder, Daniella Cobb did not start within the industry the normal way. She didn’t have a friend of a friend who put her on. Or she didn’t do an internship with X Company and work her way up the ladder. She had a corporate job where she managed the benefit department for multi-million dollar revenue generating retail store. While working at her 9 to 5, she also freelanced with a popular urban magazine within their events department. In freelancing Daniella realized how much power you can have by just standing at the right side of the rope of a dope party. After leaving the corporate world, she decided that she could run her own company just as well as the CEO of Barneys New York. She used her contacts that she gained while freelancing to strike out on her own. Thus Pink Diamond Management was born.
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MEET O'Brianna Lindo, Ceo of OBPhotographs
Ive always known i wanted to be an artist, and i wanted to inspire people, there was never a doubt in my mind as to what i was suppose to be, it was always a matter of How? and When? At 15 years old i picked up my first camera and taught myself everything i know about editing and photography. After being the assigned picture taker for all of my family and friends events every year, i decided to start my own company when i turned 19 years old and have had work in art exhibits, magazines, and created lasting memories for hundreds of clients. my main goal is to inspire everyone with my Art, and to eventually help change the world using Art, by opening doors for people who want to express themselves creatively, but arent sure how. If i had any advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, artists, or world changers, it would be to never allow fear and doubt to prevent you from accomplishing anything, and to always think BIG when it comes to your dreams, because you deserve it.
MEET Anthara Patrice
Owner of Sheer Luxe Beauty & Events has over five years in Beauty & Lifestyle event experiences. Having worked with some of the industry's largest companies & personalities, she definitely continues to make her mark within the Beauty & Lifestyle event industry.
MEET Olutosin Araromi
Born in America of Nigerian parents. Olutosin is the Former Miss Nigeria USA 2015-2016, International Model, Event Host, Public Speaker, Humanitarian and Therapeutic Support Supervisor.
MEET Clarivel Ruiz-Founder/Director of Dominicans Love Haitians Movement.
Dominicans Love Haitians Movement celebrates the beauty of our commonalities forging a future free from tyranny. Utilizing multiple art forms as a vehicle for unraveling biases and bigotry. We heal the wounds instituted by racial stigmas by creating space to manifest the possibility of, and the ability to witness violent acts without deflection, amnesia, or suppression and voice those acts so they no longer hold power or designate who we are as human beings. We are shifting the context that Dominicans live in by understanding our indigenous history and paying tribute to Haiti as the first Black Republic to liberate itself from slavery and honor the revolutionist and founding fathers from the Dominican Republic and Haiti who sought to create a unified and liberated island along with the historical ramifications of initiating a sovereign nation. We envision the Dominican Republic and Haiti co-creating sustainability and profit, amassing wealth and prosperity through mutual resolutions and absolution from the past, developing strategies to create abundance and vitality for the inhabitants of the island. Dominicans Love Haitians Movement will host a third performance event in November at Riverside Church in Harlem. It is co-produced by Riverside's Latino Ministry and Black Lives Matter of the Dominican Republic.
