Miss Africa 2013 Carranzer Naa Okailey Shooter has predicted a 2-0 win for Ghana as they face giants Egypt in the first-leg play-off of the 2014 World Cup.
The two powerhouses collide in a monumental tie on Tuesday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, which has been a fortress for the homeside for some years now.
Shooter, although not a football devotee, does not want to be left out in the World Cup qualifying frenzy and has obviously thrown her weight behind the Black Stars.
“I support only one team, and that is the Black Stars,” the 23-year-old told Goal Ghana. “I enjoy watching them, just like every other Ghanaian. It is always a good feeling, especially during those times that they manage to bring us all together as one people.”
Despite her football impoverishment, Shooter was confident the Pharaohs will be difficult to dispatch on Tuesday. “Maybe, 2-0 against Egypt. They are a good side but we can beat them,” she noted.
Her surname – Shooter – could be misleading to a first-timer, who might assume the BSC Medical student acquired that nomenclature for being a great striker on the field. However, the beauty queen can barely kick a ball.
“I don’t play football,” the second runner-up in this year's Miss World beauty pageant at Indonesia confessed. “I can’t even manage a decent kick. Not my thing.”
Unlike the typical Ghanaian including most young ladies who have an affection for one or two football clubs
either locally or abroad, the lover of the book Think Big by Ben Carson “hardly follow” the beautiful game, but she takes “notice of big league matches like that of Hearts and Kotoko. The excitement it generates amongst the local fans, is always awesome.”
The pediatrician hopeful, who named Ghana football legend Abedi Pele as her favourite player, said she might explore the possibility of using Women’s football as an avenue to touch a lot of hearts during her reign and her fight against Buruli Ulcer.
But what has been the motivation of the fourth year medical student who loves reading, cooking and sightseeing? “Waking up each day, and knowing that I have a responsibility to affect lives in the most possible way I can,” she noted.
And touching on her plans for the future, Miss Ghana 2012 said: “I am back in school now. And as third place Miss World 2013, and Miss Africa, I will be collaborating with other African queens and together we will work on specific projects. My project on Buruli Ulcer is going to receive the needed attention. It is dear to my heart.”
“God has placed in us, unique talents that we can use to make life better for ourselves, and the people we find around us. Take each day as it comes, and make good use of the opportunities that come your way,” Shooter concluded.
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