Have you heard of the Benin Girl Starter Pack? Our Benin queens have certain identifiers that make them stand out from the crowd. Now, I am not saying this starter pack is ugly or lacking, but it has been said.
Whether or not you want to be identified as a Benin Girl (which is different from a girl from Benin, mind you), you will find this list very useful. Take a look:
Colored Wigs
We are talking criminally bright pink, day-glow lemon, Caprisonne-straw orange, pear purple, and biro blue. Colored wigs are a statement piece for any Benin girl and that’s on god, no cap (just wigs). At this point, are you even a big girl if you don’t have at least two colored bone straight? I mean, how else will they know that Osas Venza 2 and Uyi Benz Benin are taking care of your needs?
Long Lashes
As a Benin girl, it is criminal to leave your house without fixing eyelashes. And trust our Benin girls, just any lashes will never suffice. It must be the very long, full-volume ones that will act as curtains for their precious eyes. It will not surprise me if they soon start selling weave-ons as lashes because there is nothing Benin girls will not put in their eyes.
Long Neon Nails
This is where Benin girls show their creativity as they play with all kinds of colors. From neon pink, to pepper red to bitter lemon that glows in the dark, Benin girls will rock it. In fact, the brighter the color, the better the nails. After all, how will we see them from two streets away and know that these ones are the reigning queens?
Bright Phone Pouch
How would we know you have iPhone 14 Pro Max with Dynamic Island if your pouch is not a blinding pink with a cartoon character? Naturally, our queens do not care about minimalism or conventional style or all the other things we like to use to not be basic. It’s almost like they are advertising the phone by having a statement pouch. It’s how a Benin queen cannot be bothered for me; she knows that her pouch should scream “steal me, my owner can replace me”.
Customized Bonnet
Benin girls, don’t just buy any bonnet, put your name on it and wear it every time you go to the market or the mall or church or school or to that mallam that sells suya at your junction or… you get my point. It can be leopard prints or one garish color like that, as long as it is big enough to get the average white garment churchgoer envious and has their nickname printed on it, it is approved and endorsed by the National Association of Benin Girls.
Accent
Don’t even get me started on the accent. Benin accent, to the untrained ear, will leave you hot, bothered, and ready to pass out from chronic exhaustion. I mean if “pentrol (petrol)” and “tues (choose)” don’t do it, I don’t know what will. Whatever you do, don’t ask our amazing Benin girls to pronounce kerosine or Dawson Street.
Spandex Bum Shorts
There is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing short shorts and I’m definitely not about to police women’s bodies, but no other group of beautiful ladies rock spandex bum shorts. Our Benin queens, ever so assured in their hotness, can rock these shorts, damn the camel toe or butt cracks. In fact, the official mantra is: see but don’t touch.
Is this list complete? Did we miss anything from our Benin girl starter pack? Let us know in the comments.
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