7 Tips To Be A Video Vixen In Nigeria - Skabash!

Have you ever been captivated by a female model in your favourite music video? Her beauty, sexy curves, and moves are all you watch out for in the video. She is a video vixen, and if she can grab your attention, she has done her job very well.

Often, we watch videos strictly to see the beautiful models our favourite artist featured. Although the portrayal of video vixens in music videos has drawn a lot of criticism, it is one of the most popular ways to succeed in the entertainment industry.

Table of Content show 1 Video vixen meaning 2 Video vixen in Nigeria 2.1 Professional video vixens 2.2 Non-professional 3 How to become a video vixen 3.1 Expose yourself 3.2 Learn other entertainment skills 3.3 Go for modelling or any other reality TV shows 3.4 Be active on social media 3.5 Learn from Google and YouTube 3.6 Take care of your looks 3.7 Email music directors 4 Nigerian celebrities that transitioned from video vixens to Nollywood 4.1 Beverly Osu 4.2 Cossy Ojiakor 4.3 Venita Akpofure 4.4 Sotayo Gaga 4.5 Mimi Ubini

Video vixen meaning

A video vixen is a female model featured in a music video, particularly hip hop. Video vixens are very beautiful and sexy with the right curves in the right places, and they don’t hesitate to show them off. They are part of the reason why we watch music videos.

A video vixen is usually a sex symbol in a video which has caused a lot of criticism as critics view her role as submissive and derogatory. But the music industry is thriving because she is the eye candy that attracts interest from the audience.

Men can be video vixens, but the role is usually attributed to women. Besides, a video vixen can also be an aspiring actor, international model, dancer or singer.

Video vixen in Nigeria

Video vixens in Nigeria are beautiful, sexy and very endowed. They also provide entertainment to the audience. These music video models are divided into professional and non-professional video vixens.

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Professional video vixens

The professional video vixens are the regular models you see in music videos. Although they are the eye candies of the show, they are not regarded in the same categories as music stars or celebrities. For a start, the pay is usually poor. An average video vixen is paid a paltry sum between N20,000 and N50,000. Other challenges of video vixens in Nigeria are:

• Bad publicity: Most people see video vixens in Nigeria as prostitutes who go about sleeping with music artists. Then again, most video vixens resort to making bad publicity in gossip blogs and soft sell magazines to remain relevant.
• Hard drugs: Some video vixens take hard drugs to perform wild acts in music videos.
• Skin bleaching: Most Nigerian artists prefer light-skinned models or Latinos. This puts the dark-skinned models at a disadvantage. As a result, some of them resort to bleaching their skins to get jobs in the industry.
• Unwanted pregnancy/abortion: Unwanted pregnancy and abortion issues are rampant among video vixens. The naive ones fall victims to sexual exploitation from male artists and become pregnant. Since the pregnancy is not planned, some of the vixens abort their babies while others keep theirs to become baby mamas to the artists.

Non-professional

These are guest stars, not professional video vixens. They are actually successful stars who are well established in other areas of the entertainment industry. Genevieve Nnaji, Nengi Hampson, Rahama Sadau, Kaffy, Beverly Osu, etc. are established stars featured in music videos.

These stars are highly rated, and their pay runs into hundreds of thousands to millions in music videos.

How to become a video vixen

Although being a video vixen is generally not rated highly, it can be a lucrative career if you are serious about it. Below are seven tips on how to become a video vixen in Nigeria:

Expose yourself

You cannot be a video vixen by staying in your room. If you want to be spotted by artists and music directors, you need to be where they can see you. Go to clubs or any other spots where they chill.

Learn other entertainment skills

To stand out as a video vixen, you must have other skills as an entertainer. Having big breasts and a big ass is usually not enough. There are plenty of vixens who may be more endowed than you. But if you have dancing or acting skills, for instance, you will stand a better chance of being hired to feature in a music video.

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Go for modelling or any other reality TV shows

Yes, stars like Venita Akpofure, aka Veezee Baybeh, Nengi Hampson, Anna Banner and Beverly Osu made their names through pageantry and reality shows. Part of exposing yourself is being on TV. You can participate in pageantry like MBGN and reality TV shows like Big Brother Naija. Even if you don’t win, your chances of being called for a lucrative video vixen job are very high.

Be active on social media

Instagram and TikTok are good places to start where you can post videos and pictures of yourself, highlighting your beauty and skills. Social media is not just a place to entertain yourself with other people’s posts; you can use it by posting ‘hot’ photos and videos of yourself to attract followers. Music directors will call you for a job once you have a huge following on your social media page.

Learn from Google and YouTube

Google is your friend. You can learn anything from the search engine. YouTube is another video blogging platform that can teach you all you need to know about being a successful video vixen. There is nothing you cannot find on Google and YouTube.

Take care of your looks

As an aspiring video vixen, your appearance is very important. You must not have all the physical endowments in the world, but if you look clean and sexy enough, you can become a video vixen. Eat right and well. Do some exercises to tone your skin and have a happy outlook.

Email music directors

It’s not easy to have contact with music directors or celebrities. But find a way to at least get their emails. They are usually found on the social media page bios. Send them an email or DM about your skills with relevant proof. Good luck.

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Nigerian celebrities that transitioned from video vixens to Nollywood

Being a video vixen can be a successful career if you know what you’re doing. Here are our top five Nigerian female celebrities that successfully transitioned from video vixens to Nollywood stars.

Beverly Osu

Beverly Osu made her way to the Nigerian Entertainment industry as a video vixen where she was featured in popular music videos by stars like Ice Prince, Kizz Daniel and many others. She was also the winner of Big Brother Africa in 2013. Today, Beverly is a Nollywood screen diva having featured in many movies such as Chief Daddy, Nneka The Pretty Serpent, The Family, Zena, etc.

Cossy Ojiakor

Cossy Ojiakor rose to stardom as a video after featuring in a music video from Obesere. The well-endowed screen diva has also successfully featured in Nollywood movies like Itohan, Ara Saraphina, Anini, Amobi and One million boys.

Venita Akpofure

Venita Akpofure began her professional career as a video vixen and rose to stardom through Tuface Idibia’s “Iheneme” and Skales’s “Mukulu”. However, the mother of two was a housemate of Big Brother Naija Season Four. She has since transitioned into Nollywood starring in movies like My Village People, Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards, While You Slept and Gold Diggin.

Sotayo Gaga

Tayo Sobola, stage name Sotayo Gaga, began her career as a model and video vixen. She has since transitioned into Nollywood where she has won multiple awards, especially in the Yoruba movie industry. Some of her movies are Ojuloge Obirin, Corper Jide, Egan, Ofakeji Ife, Bella and Arewa Onijogbon.

Mimi Ubini

Hausa-born Nollywood actress, Mimi Ubini rose to the limelight after featuring in Brymo’s “Ara”. The endowed video vixen has over 100,000 followers on Instagram and is now an upcoming actress in Nollywood.

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