My bling baby had £8k worth of gems by 8 months old & I spent £10K on her 6-month birthday… she was a CEO at one too
WALKING into the garden Vera Sidika, 33, checks the work being done by her event planners.
Party design experts are putting the final touches to huge arches featuring over two thousand lilac, pink and mint-coloured balloons.
Two members of staff are bringing in a £500 (chk) pink leather throne style chair with gilt edging.
Meanwhile 1,000 scented flowers are on display and a waiter is carefully arranging canapes, welcome cocktails and champagne.
You would be forgiven for thinking that this was an event catering for an A-list celeb or a member of the royal family.
But instead it is a half birthday party for Vera’s six-month-old daughter Asia who is one of the stars of Fabulous’ new series, Bling Kids.
And Vera, 33, says there is nothing she loves better than blinging up her baby.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous, Vera says: “I spent £10,000 on my daughter’s very first half birthday.
“I gave her a £5,000 gold bracelet, a designer party and launched her first business.
“She is one of the world’s youngest CEOs, I am so proud.
“Asia is a super bling baby, and I don’t spare a penny ensuring she has the best of everything.
“She’s going to be a millionaire by the time she is five.”
While most parents look forward to their child’s first birthday Vera, a multi-millionaire businesswoman who runs an international detox company VEETOX admits she wasn’t prepared to let twelve months go by to celebrate her child’s first year milestone.
Instead, the mum-of-two spared no expense of a six-month-old baby Asia’s first half birthday.
“I didn’t want to have Asia wait,” says Vera, who is married to Brown Mauzo, 35,a celebrity musician in Kenya.
“She’s a superstar bling baby and she deserves a half year celebration.
“We even had a top photographer on hand to record the event.”
Vera admits she had to work extremely hard to make herself a success and wants her 18-month-old tot to be treated like a princess.
“I’m self-made,” Vera says, “I am a plus size model and businesswoman.
“I wanted to show the world what hard work and determination can get you after I gave birth to my beautiful daughter.”
Asia was born in September 2021 and within twenty-four hours the infant star had amassed a staggering 25 thousand followers on her Instagram page.
“She’s a viral sensation,” the proud mum who is based in Nairobi, Kenya says.
“It was staggering and she is already one of the world’s top babies’ influencers.”
To mark her tot’s first ‘half-year’ birthday Vera, who stars in The Real Housewives of Nairobi, made her baby daughter one of the world’s youngest CEO with the launch of Asia’s own skin care range.
“After cutting her half birthday cake we unveiled her new CEO status with the launch of Asia Brown Baby care,” Vera says.
The business currently offers ten baby beauty products including shampoos, conditions and creams and has already sold more than 9,000 items with fans clamouring for more.
“Asia is now 18 months old and loves looking at the products and helps pick the bottles and labels,” Vera says.
“She has my business smarts.”
Asia is a super bling baby, and I don’t spare a penny ensuring she has the best of everything.
Vera Sidika
And of course any baby with business acumen deserves something a little more spectacular than a standard nursery.
Asia who lives with Vera and her dad in a six-bedroom house in Nairobi has her own wing of the house with a bedroom the size of an average three-bedroom home, a dressing room and ensuite.
Vera chose luxury baby furniture maker Bamabizi for her daughter’s super posh designer cot.
The grey designer hood Beaufort cot bed is crafted from solid mahogany and inspired by the classic 18th-century Louis XV chairs with its grand dome and lush dove grey upholstery.
“It cost almost £2,000 to buy from England and ship but it can be turned from cot to toddler bed and Asia loves it,” Vera says.
If spending thousands of a half-birthday wasn’t enough Vera hired a top events planner to present mood boards and stage Asia’s first birthday in October last year.
Vera chose a Pink Princess Castle Theme for her daughter’s celebration spending a staggering £18,000.
A vast white marquee was set up with its own designer catwalk for mum and baby Asia to make their entrance.
Party planners spent days decorating the marquee with more than 4,000 balloons and 3,000 individual flowers.
Glass dinner tables were laid out with the finest crockery and specially made cupcakes, donuts, flans and tarts all decorated with fondant the same pink colour palette as the party theme were served up.
“Asia, her father and I arrived in a £100,000 black four-wheel drive with two burly, black-suited security guards walking beside us,” Vera says.
Inside the event were clowns’ multiple bouncy castles, flower walls for the perfect selfie and children’s entertainers for the toddler.
“There were over 80 people there and I told people without children to bring a friend’s child or a niece or nephew to make the most of it,” Vera adds.
The adults had cocktails and champagne and the children had mocktails, fruit juices and left with designer party bag included personalised bracelets and coffee mugs designed to celebrate Asia’s birthday.
Asia was given her own electric car, and more investment jewellery including necklaces and designer Swarovski crystal bracelets.
The mum says, “She has her ears pierced and we gave her a £7,000 pair of gold earrings. They get kept in the safe as an investment for her.
“Her jewellery collection is valued at more than £25,000 and I know it will only increase in value.
“She has another gold pair for daily use, otherwise, like many toddlers she’d end up accidentally flushing them in the loo.”
In November last year Asia, carried by her father, did her first official red carpet at a fashion label launch in Kenya.
“I posted it on her Instagram, and it went viral. Asia’s video’s regularly get 300,00 views within 24 hours.
“Asia has her own security guard for some outings. I need one too because we get recognised from Instagram and from television.”
All the recognition means that Asia’s business is booming, much to the delight of her mum.
“The tiny tot’s business empire will soon be expanding,” Vera says.
“Asia is opening her first store and it will include baby clothes as well as baby beauty products.
“I am making sure my daughter has the best of everything and exposure to the business world.”
In true ‘Bling Baby’ style in May this year Vera revealed to the world Asia had a brother.
Ice Brown, now four months old, was born on March 3, 2023
“This time I didn’t announce his birth immediately like I did with Asia,” Vera says.
“We spent three months bonding as a family before the big baby reveal.
Ice already has his own Instagram page and a share in Asia’s businesses butVera won’t be revealing his face for a few months.
“Ice and Asia will be bling baby bosses together, “ says proud mum Vera.
“I don’t care what people think, it’s my money and I invest wisely and work hard.
“Asia is a super bling baby, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”