Omotu Bissong

Who is Omotu Bissong?

Omotu Bissong - formerly credited as Celia Bissong - is a Nigerian model, television presenter, and actress.

A native of Yala, Cross River State, Bissong started her modelling career when she was a child, and attended Nigerian Navy Primary school and Nigerian Navy Secondary school both in Calabar, the latter she completed at the age the fourteen. In 2003, she was a third-year student of the University of Calabar, studying Economics when she made history by becoming the first Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winner from the South-East, and her platform was HIV/AIDS Awareness, and Tourism Promotion.

After her reign, which saw her compete at Miss Universe and Miss World, Bissong continued to model in Nigeria before moving to America, where she modeled and studied Accounting at the City University of New York. In an interview with The Vanguard in 2008, Bissong criticised discrimination against black models in the American fashion industry, and admitted she was facing strong competition.

Since returning to her home country in 2009, Bissong has worked in television, presenting The Peak Talent Hunt Show, and Africa Awakes on DSTV. In addition she has opened a model management company in a bid to restore professionalism in the industry. As an actress, Bissong is currently working on a soap opera soon to be aired on Nigerian television, and in 2012 achieved star billing with the Ghanaian movie Be My Guest with Nadia Buari and Chris Attoh.