As a fashion writer, she authored a November 16, 2002 comment piece on
Miss World beauty pageant that was to be held in Nigeria later that year. Addressing opposition to the contest from the Nigerian Muslim community, she made the following remark: :"The Muslims thought it was immoral to bring 92 women to Nigeria and ask them to revel in vanity. What would Mohammed think? In all honesty, he would probably have chosen a wife from one of them." However, that judgment quickly proved wrong, as the publication triggered violent religious riots that left more than 200 dead ==Exile in Europe==