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Woman Photobombs Tinie Tempah, Ends Up With Modelling Contract

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The snapshot that launched a modelling career. [Photo: Instagram/Tybello]

You know the saying. Right time, right place. And never was that truer than with the fairytale like story of Olajumoke Orisaguna. The 27-year-old was working as a bread seller in Lagos, Nigeria when she unintentionally wandered into a shot photographer and musician, Ty Bello, was taking of superstar Tinie Tempah. And aside from being the best photobomb ever, the picture has actually resulted in Olajumoke landing a modelling contract. Amazing!

At first, aside from thinking it was a great shot, Bello didn’t take much notice of the photobomber. But scrolling through the pictures after the shoot Bello was instantly drawn to the woman and decided to appeal on Instagram for information about the mysterious stranger who’d unwittingly upstaged a megastar.

“Who is she?” she wrote on Instagram. “Everyone has been asking if this lady is a model… It was a perfect coincidence… She just happened to be walking by while I photographed. It happened so fast.

"She definitely should be a model. I’m happy to help her build her portfolio if she’s interested.

"She’s so beautiful and photographed so well. I’ll find a way to track her down somehow. You guys can also help.”

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Tinie Tempah shared this picture of Olajumoke on his own instagram. [Photo: Instagram/tiniegram]

Tinie was also fascinated by the bread seller and shared a photo of her on his own Instagram account. Eventually on Thursday 4 February, Bello revealed she’d managed to track down Olajumoke and a few days later shared her first shoot with the fledgling model, which featured on the cover of Nigerian magazine ‘This Day Style’.

“This just made me cry,” Bello wrote. “She really is a blessed woman with an amazing story. I almost can’t believe it.”

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A star is born. [Photos: Instagram/tybello]

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Watch out Cara, Olajumoke is coming for your super model crown! [Photo: Instagram/fewmodels]

Olajumoke has since become something of an Instagram sensation in Nigeria with the hashtag #olajumoke being shared over a thousand times. And the story doesn’t end there. The stunning shoot of Olajumoke piqued the interest of model agencies and she’s now signed to local agency, Few Models. How’s that for a happy ending?

Surely this has Hollywood movie written all over it?

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