Princess Halliday
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| Years active | 1998 – present |
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Princess Halliday is a TV Personality, leadership consultant, talk show host, business consultant, trained petroleum engineer, communications expert, motivational speaker and occasional actress.[1] She is the founder of the Empower Africa Initiative.
Halliday is the host and executive producer of the television show The Princess Halliday Show, which airs on M-Net on the DSTV platform across 48 African Countries, it is also syndicated across Nigeria on Silverbird Television,[2] and in the UK on BEN TV.[3]
Early life
Halliday hails from Bonny Island in Rivers State, Nigeria;[4] Her mother is from the Halliday Awusa “King Halliday” House of the Kingdom of Bonny.[5] making Halliday a Princess by birth. As a child Halliday was referred to as “Gifted”. At the age of 3, she hosted her first radio talk show, Kiddies World[6] and by the age of 14, she had held a number of roles at different companies. She enrolled into university at the age of 15 to become a Petroleum Engineer.[7] She has worked in both upstream and downstream sectors of oil and gas.
Halliday, aside from speaking English, is fluent in Hindi, some French and Arabic.[5]
Career
This program presents to the world, individuals whom through tenacity and determination have accomplished something great and have been a catalyst for others to follow. The heart and soul of the show is ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
— Princess Halliday
(talking about her show The Princess Halliday Show)[6]
Empower Africa Initiative
At age 19, Princess Halliday founded the Empower Africa Initiative whose mission is to positively enhance the mindset of the world by showcasing and engaging people, communities, and organizations, while empowering them to lead, innovate, and serve authentically. Halliday began producing her television show the Princess Halliday Show in collaboration with Multichoice Africa to be syndicated on M-Net via the DSTV network. The show has Halliday and her team travel across the world to showcase world leaders, global players, entrepreneurs, movie stars and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.[5][9]
In 2012, Halliday after a visit to the Niger Delta area and taking note of the lack of structure in the water network, mobilized the Empower Africa Initiative in conjunction with the Niger Delta Development Commission of Nigeria to carry out the Reticulation of pipes in the Niger delta area, creating pipe borne water for several Niger delta communities.[10]
Halliday is the first young Nigerian to properly strive to have a degree in Leadership that transcribes what it means to lead authentically.[10]
2014 till date
In 2014, Halliday earned a Leadership training from Harvard University known as Communicating with Influence-The Art of Persuasion.[11] She is currently rounding up an additional degree in Leadership from Woodbury University. Determined to revolutionize the understanding of Leadership as Africa Knows it, Halliday frequently strengthens the need for mindsets to be Empowered.
Halliday hosted the 2014 Miss Commonwealth International Pageant in the UK.[1] She also served Rivers state as a special media and image consultant to wife of the Governor of Rivers State at the time, Dame Judith Amaechi.[5]
Halliday along with women from Rivers state visited Morocco for the World Leaders Summit/Crans Montana Female Leadership Forum in Rabat Morroco where she met the President of Malta,President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca- the youngest female to assume the office of the President, and her Chief of Staff Mr John Camilleri.[5]
For avery long time, women have been underrepresented in elite leadership roles with a mindset that systematically underestimates their own abilities. To see these phenomenal women doing extraordinarily in significant leadership positions and going beyond the perceived leadership labyrinth is Laudable.
— Princess Halliday
In 2015, her show, the Princess Halliday show was renewed for another season, and she played host to a number of notable international guests including, American christian contemporary singer Don Moen, Jamaican singer Chevelle Franklyn, former Nigerian Presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi, emmy nominated actress Amy Gibson, Hollywood actor from the movie "the perfect match" Rob Riley and a former Rivers State gubernatorial cadidate Peterside Dakuku and many others.[6] Halliday has also interviewed Nollywood actors, Mike Ezuruonye, Tonto Dikeh, International singer Ron Kenoly, Nigeria megachurch pastor and church leader, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) Raymond Temisan Omatseye and many other others on her show.[12]
Halliday made her acting debut in 2015, in a TV series produced by Nollywood film-maker Obi Emelonye, titled The Calabash.[2]
In July 2016, Empower Africa Initiative alongside princess Halliday designed the Empowered merchandise theme “Empowered”. Designed to help prepare and guide all to their own Empowered parity. Portions of proceeds from this design goes towards helping the underprivileged in Africa. The sales have garnered support from several celebrities and people of note.[10]
Personal life
Halliday currently lives in West Hollywood, California in the United States, where, as of 2016, episodes of her television show were being taped. When asked about marriage, the Leadership Newspaper quotes her as saying “I will be married to a man with great wisdom and one who understands the turbulence of my call on earth. His footstep is still being orchestrated!”[13]
Awards and Recognition
In recognition of her work in diverse fields, Halliday has received a number of laurels, including being recognized by the International Commonwealth platform in London, and she was given the award for the Youngest Executive Producer/TV Talk show Host in History.[7]
Princess Halliday’s passion for showcasing positivity and her uncanny ability to lead authentically with emotional intelligence and communicate with empathy has solidified her as one of the young female authentic voice in the world.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Nigeria-born Princess Halliday hosts Miss Commonwealth Int'l". The Net NG Newspaper. Lagos, Nigeria. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Princess Halliday empowers through new series". The Nation Newspaper. Lagos, Nigeria. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Nigeria-born Princess Halliday hosts Miss Commonwealth Int'l". BEN TV. London, England. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Nigerian to host Miss Commonwealth in UK". The Eagle Newspaper. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Founder and Executive Producer". Commonwealth Pageant. London, England. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Princess Halliday Show Commences New Season With Peterside Dakuku, Pat Utomi, Others Interviewed". CampusGist. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Africa: Princess Halliday's Empower Africa Initiative". All Africa.com. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Brent Moelleken, MD". whoiswhodoctors.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Multichoice Empowers Africa Through The 'Princess Halliday Show'". ModernGhana. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "PRINCESS HALLIDAY CHANGING THE PHASE OF LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA". Commonwealth Pageant. London, England. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Princess Halliday Earns Leadership Training For Professionals From Havard University". Modern Ghana News. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ron Kennoly; Tonto Dikeh; Mike Ezuruonye; Apostle Johnson Suleiman and the Ex-DG of NIMASA Mr. Omatseye bare their souls on "The Princess Halliday Show"". Modern Ghana. Accra, Ghana. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Empower Africa Initiative (EAI) Boss Adds Another Year". The Leadership Newspaper. Lagos, Nigeria. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.