Biography
Vera Sidika is known for being a Kenyan television and social media personality, celebrity, video vixen entrepreneur, and socialite. The full name of this social media personality is considered to be Vera Sidika Shikwekwe Mung’asia. Vera Sidika was born on September 30, 1989 and according to astrology her zodiac sign is Libra. Born and raised in Mombasa, Sidika gained media attention in her career when she appeared in P-Unit’s single, “You Guy”, released in 2012. Vera Sidika has been voted as one of Africa’s and East Africa’s top video vixens. She is regarded as one of Kenya’s most controversial women due to her extraordinary and lavish lifestyle and unique opinions about life in general. In 2015, she and her fellow socialites began to appear in the reality television series which was called Nairobi Diaries.
When she was just 17 years old, Vera Sidika began her career as a plus size model. She went on to participate in contests and fashion shows which led the then aspiring photographer’s path toward success. Vera Sidiak moved to Nairobi in 2009 where she joined Kenyatta University with an intention to pursue her studies in art and design, this gave her a huge opportunity to fully take her career to the next level.
Sidika rose to fame in 2012 when she featured as the video girl in P-Unit’s single “You Guy”. In 2014, she appeared in Prezzo’s single, “My Gal”. Later in November 2015, she appeared as a video vixen in a video by Nigerian musicians KCSkiibii and Harrysong titled “Ebaeno”. She has been featured by The New York Post and BBC Africa.
As of December 2015, Sidika and other Kenyan social media personalities, including fashion stylist Silvia Njoki, musician and actress Ella Ciru, NGO ambassador and student Gertrude Murunga, architect Kiki Diang’a, fitness instructor Marjolein Blokland and socialite and singer Pendo, starred in the reality television series Nairobi Diaries. The show delves into the women’s day-to-day lives. On May 21, 2017 she launched Veetox tea, a herbal detox claimed to help reduce bloating, clean the digestive system, improve metabolism and burn belly fat.
In 2014, Sidika admitted that she had lightened her skin in the UK. She refuted claims that the procedure was not safe and could affect her medically. She said the procedure cost her over 15 million. She stated to anchor Larry Madowo, “My body is my business and it is a money-maker.”
Vera Sidika shows a high level of activeness on various social media platforms which include YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. The YouTube channel was created on March 27, 2013 and as of February 2022 her channel has 105K subscribers. On this plastoform Vera shares lifestyle vlogs, funny challenges, pranks and many other interesting contents. On Instagram her audience exceeds 2 million. As for Twitter, she joined that platform in June 2020 and currently has more than 17K followers. On TikTok Vera has about 15K followers.
Vera Sidika is married to Brown Mauzo, who is a musician and singer. In November 2021, the couple had their first child. They have a daughter whose name is Asia Brown.
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