Former Beauty Queen and CEO of Rikaoto By Me fashion brand, Maryam Elisha, has received an honorary doctorate degree from Prowess University, Delaware, America.

The fashion designer who is famous for styling beauty queens was decorated as Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration at the ninth Annual Leadership Summit Induction and Honorary Doctorate Degree Award, which held at University of Lagos.

Elisha expressed her gratitude for the recognition, promising to do her best in upholding the good name that comes with being decorated.

“I was so excited when I got the news that I am being honored. I am most grateful to Prowess University for the recognition and I am also grateful to God for his blessings.

Such a huge honour like this means I have to work harder to uphold the good gesture,” she said.

Elisha hails from Kebbi State in Northern Nigeria. She is a Nigerian model, a former beauty queen, and fashion designer. She founded the Rikaoto by ME fashion brand in 2009, two years after she was crowned Miss Valentine in Abuja. She is also the founder of Save Tomorrow Today charity foundation.