INTERVIEW WITH ALEX GEDE
Friday, December 09, 2016Hey guys, how are y'all doing? I am back again this week with a fresh and blazing hot interview with the blazing hot Alex Gede himself.
Alex is a Nigerian fitness expert and model that's based in London, now I found out about him during the cause of the last Mr Ideal Nigeria 2016 competition where he came second, the first runner up to the winner and became Mr ideal Earth since then I have always been interested in being able to interview him and I am super excited that I got the chance to and that I can share it with y'all, have a good read every one.
DVF: Tell me about yourself, background and what growing up was like for you?
Alex:
I am Alex Gede, born in Port-Harcourt in Rivers state. Growing up was like every average boy in Nigeria. I was the tallest among my age mates and earned names like pole and others because of how skinny I was, after my university, I moved to the UK for my MSC like you do.
When you were growing, did you always have an interest in modeling??
Alex:
I have always wanted to go into modeling. But you know the Nigerian mentality, it is either you go to the University or you are a nobody. I was lacking self-confidence and had a few self-consciousness issues too because of how skinny I
was so I never really pushed modeling at all. I focused on my books and living a normal life.
DVF: How and when did you get into the modeling world officially?
Alex:
In August 2013, I decided to change how I look so I started training
from home and after a year joined the gym, in May of 2015, I did my first
fitness modeling competition after adding 20 kg in weight, I enjoyed it
so much that it made me realize that it is what I want to do for the rest of
my life, it was like finding myself again, my childhood dream come
true. Best feeling ever.
DVF: I am sorry you had to go through all that growing up, people can be so mean.
I read somewhere online that at the time before you start training you actually went through an eating disorder phase, is that true and if it is tell me how you managed to overcome the disorder.
Alex: Yes I actually had an eating disorder, I was too scared of being fat so much that I did not eat. I usually spent hours eating one meal, the meal would get so cold that I would have to go re-heat before finishing the meal. When I started forcing myself to eat, my system was not used to it so I got sick a lot that I guess developed to irritable bowel syndrome that I am still living with to this day
DVF: And when you first began to do fitness modeling were your family in support?
Alex:
None of my family members supported me most of my friends made fun of me saying that I was going through an early mid-life crisis. I stopped interacting with a lot of my old friends as they were not worth calling friends.
DVF: And in fitness modeling, it obviously involves a lot of nudity and body exposure.. was it hard for you to accept that at
first, Was it something that you were uncomfortable with or did it come naturally to you and if you
were uncomfortable how did you learn to cope with it?
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