&&. announcing her royal highness, ( iretioluwa “ireti” olowu ), the ( 24 ) year old ( princess ) of ( nigeria ). she is often confused with ( savannah lee smith ). some say that she is ( self-obsessed & insecure ), but she actually ( introspective & creative ).
there’s not a whole lot of differences between nika and ireti, i mainly just wanted to change her fc and not too much of her personality / background.
just like nika, ireti was born after a string of siblings who did very well before her. they are much older, and generally very uninterested at having another sibling with a considerable age gap. her parents weren’t blind to the isolation she felt with the rest of her siblings, and tried to bridge that gap by spoiling her to no end. unfortunately, that doesn’t help the jealousy that burnt the siblings’ relationships into a crisp. this was predominantly felt between ireti and her older sister, nifa.
the biggest and most prominent thing the king and queen ever bought for ireti is the entire infrastructure for figure skating in west africa. they sponsored and threw money at the right people to create a competition circuit similar to the one in europe, just because it was the only thing their youngest daughter seem to be interested in. by the time ireti was old enough for her first junior circuit year, the nigerian figure skating association (NFSA) had been a formal member of the international skating union (ISU) for two years and was on their second year of national competitions. she quickly became the face of african figure skating, inspiring many and bringing awareness to the sport for many kids who aspire to be her.
all of the skating stuff is the same, she still won gold in the 2014 olympics, and she still tapered off from competitions because she fell in love and let it consume her life. it’s a lot worse now because of all the strides that she’s made for people of colour in the sport, no one wanted her to retire, no one really accepted the fact that she wanted to just disappear from the industry. ireti retired in 2019 and she’s still fielding calls from people who want nothing more than to parade her around on skates in front of the world.
the olympics in tokyo right now is a very trying time for her, suddenly everyone is texting and emailing her about possibly doing something for the 2022 winter olympics. unfortunately for her, skating with rowen awakened all the feelings she didn’t know she missed — so there’s a chance, i guess. we’ll see!
i’d like to keep most of her old plots if possible! if not i’m happy to discuss alternatives
also pls give me more new plots i love her and she needs attention xoxo
