Volume 50 Issue 6 - June 2012 : Entertainment
BotswanaÔÇÖs Big Brother Representatives revealed
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The Maygilip sisters, Edith and Evelyn are Botswana’s current representatives at the now popular reality television show, Big Brother Africa. The sisters are definitely hoping to bring home the U$300 000 prize money. The reality show viewers are expecting the local reps to carry the country’s flag until the last days of the show, which started beginning of May 2012. The housemates will be in the house for 91 days.
Edith, a personal assistant from Francistown, entered Big Brother StarGame at the insistence of her friends who told her she could make a good Housemate. She says the opportunity to partner with Eve, her sister, on the show makes them both feel like stars. Edith says she knows her sister like the back of her hand and chose her because “with her sense of fun and my wild character, we are bound to blast the competition!”
She will not compromise who she is to win the grand prize, though. “I will not put on a fake ‘Edith’ just to win,” she says. She is looking forward to being on screen across the continent and is excited at the chance to become a household name across Africa. She warns viewers to expect her to “bring all the fun back” and says if she wins, she will use her money to build her hearing impared sister a house.
Edith describes herself as energetic, funny, adventurous, and crazy. She says the best thing about her is that she is a free spirited person. She dislikes two-faced people and finds loyalty in others most admirable.
She likes eating beef steak with chilli gravy and pap and her favourite book is The Lady, her lover and the Lord by TD Jakes. She enjoys watching Ugly Betty and Keeping Up with the Kardashians on television and her favourite movies are Good Deeds and Diary of a Mad Black Woman. She says she is a big Tyler Perry fan because she can relate to his movies and because the message depicted is what is happening in reality.
Eve has a National Diploma in Marketing Management. Her favourite foods are fish, chicken and vegetables and she enjoys a variety of music – everything from Michael Buble to Kid Rock and Seal to Jason Mraz. She likes watching Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldanha on the big screen and, like her sister, she likes Tyler Perry movies.
Her favourite place in Botswana is the Chobe region and she rates the peace, solitude and togetherness of Africa as her favourite aspects of the continent. Outside of her home country, she says Italy is her favourite place in the world “because it is so romantic.”
Eve’s role models are her parents – her mother because she’s the strongest woman she’s ever met and her father because he is determined. Her mom had a particularly big influence on her because she pushed her to go the extra mile. The achievement in life she is most proud of is her acquaintance with God because God has given her a different perspective on life.
She was inspired to enter Big Brother StarGame because she loves a challenge. She is excited to be competing along with her sister because she has known her just about her entire life and knows they are compatible. She promises to go “all out” to win the grand prize and is “ecstatic” that all eyes will be on her. She loves being in the spotlight and says her family will be incredibly supportive of her appearance in the House.