I Borrowed $87 To Enter Big Brother Naija – Phyna

The world of reality TV shows often presents us with stories of struggles, determination and dreams coming true.

The latest tale to captivate audiences is that of the season 7 winner of Big Brother Naija, who recently revealed that she borrowed $87 to enter the competition.

In an interview with Naa Ashokor on Asaase Radio, Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna revealed that she resorted to borrowing from friends in order to prepare to enter the BBNaija house.

“I borrowed money from my friends, I borrowed 40,000 Naira. I used it to buy clothes, I think entering the house I had about 7,00 Naira in my account but coming out I made about 4.2 million Naira.”

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She continued by saying she didn’t have a house before, but now own  a house. ”I was shouting, I have never seen millions before, when they gave me my phone, they said that this is the remaining money after voting and all,” she added.

Phyna, who won the show, last year took home a US$216,048 (N100m) grand prize, a cash prize of N50m and N50m worth of prizes from the sponsors.