By Petronella Sibeene
WINDHOEK
As if she had a premonition about her future, Meryl had predicted her participation in the Big Brother Competition when she was only 17 years of age.
While exercising patience with a pinch of determination, Meryl’s mother Elly Mbonga is happy to see her daughter live out her dream today in what has turned out to be one of the prestigious and popular competitions on the African continent.
Four years ago, Meryl asked her mother to collect the application forms in order for her to enter the Big Brother competition.
“When she looked at the forms, she became quiet and I asked her what was wrong. She told me only those aged 21 could participate in the game. She looked at me and said that she would enter the competition once she turns 21 and there she is,” the proud mother told New Era.
Meryl’s mother says her daughter entered the “Big Brother Africa II” purely for fun and not necessarily for the money.
“She seems to be enjoying herself and I am happy if she is getting the fun she went there for but if she gets the money as well, we will even be happier,” she says.
However, Meryl could be facing some difficulties in the house as most of the housemates especially the women appear to suppress their true selves and being the free spirit she is, she struggles to find her “type”.
Mbonga, a working nurse at the Roman Catholic Hospital in the capital watches the show whenever she has the chance and sometimes only retires to bed close to midnight.
She says her daughter is one of the strongest women in the house and because of that, other housemates might nominate her for eviction as she stands as a threat to most of them.
While she might be a threat to her fellow contestants, Mbonga is confident that her daughter has become popular across the continent and seems to be one of the favourites of many viewers, judging from the messages on the screen strap.
“She is one of the strongest women in the house. If the housemates nominate her for eviction the public will keep her. She is very popular. Other women are just too conservative,” she says.
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