How 9-year-old Nigerian-German artist, Chioma Mayrschofer, has won the VR-Bank's art competition through her school.
A 9-year-old Nigerian-German artist, Chioma Mayrschofer, who took part in VR-Bank’s art competition through her school, not only won the prize money, she also got a chance to display her work at an art exhibition at one of Germany’s biggest banks.
According to reports, she didn’t think she would win the competition.
“When they mentioned the third and second winners and my name wasn’t mentioned, I lost hope and was very disappointed knowing that I should at least gotten the second position… As they said the first position goes to, I cared less, but surprisingly it was me…when my name was mentioned I leaped up with joy… I am so happy and so grateful to God,” Chioma said.
The competition took place earlier this year, we just thought to share her good news with you – we think its really uplifting and inspiring!
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