Meet Bim- Daughter Of Nigerian Billionaire Antonio Deinde-Fernandez, Who Dreams Of Being A Pop Star

Wearing a $1,300 Gillian Harding pleated caftan dress	Bim in front of her Dr. Seuss painting “Joseph Katz and His Coat of Many Colors,” a gift from her mother.

In an interview feature with the NY Post Heiress, Abimbola “Bim” Fernandez the 24-year-old beauty and daughter of 80-year-old Nigerian gemstone tycoon and retired UN ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez, who is worth a staggering $8.7 billion, talks about her dreams of being a pop star.
The pop star wannabe Fernandez, who counts Rihanna as one of her role models, says her privileged background might raise the hackles of many a cash-strapped artist struggling to break into the music industry, but insists: “Money can’t buy a record deal.“It can’t buy good music. You can either sing or you can’t.”
In November, she signed her record deal with SMH and is now topping off negotiations for her reality TV pilot called Gold Blooded to be picked up by a major network.

Wearing a $2,640 Carmen Marc Valvo dress

Her only prior professional music experience was a vocal cameo in Cobra Starship’s 2009 album Hot Mess – a feature she booked after meeting the band’s lead singer Gabe Saporta backstage at a show.
Her record label says that Miss Fernandez has not put any of her own money into the music project.

In fact, Miss Fernandez appears to be more down to earth than one would expect. She told the New York Post that she grew up not knowing how rich she was.She attended college at Oxford Brookes University in England for just a few weeks before dropping out because 'everyone was way too snobby - I couldn't do it,' she said.
Yesterday, she released her first single “Let’s Take It Naked,” on smhworldwide.net and iTunes roll-out expected soon Judging from Twitter, it seems that Miss Fernandez even enjoys a good bargain.
In July she tweeted: 'Favorite time of the year. 80% off sales everywhere!'
Miss Fernandez is actually very active on Twitter, where she currently has more than 35,000 followers.
She has used the social networking site to keep her fans informed of her record's progress, as well as her reality show.

Bim with her father, Nigerian gemstone tycoon Antonio Deinde Fernandez	Fernandez’s French bulldog, Napoleon, wears her gold necklace

Her father, 80, owns four residences: A mansion in Larchmont, New York (where Miss Fernandez also resides), a home in Brussels, a palace in Nigeria, and a French chateau that was once owned by Napoleon.
Mr Fernandez is apparently transported between each of his homes on one of his three private jets.
While he was born of royal tribal blood, his fortune appears to be entirely self-made through a series of diamond and gold mines across the Central African Republic.

The singer (front), her sister and parents pose with family friend Nelson Mandela

His family counted Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan as good friends.
She sees her new album's release as an opportunity to prove her own potential.
‘People think I’m exactly like Paris Hilton, that I do nothing, I don’t work for myself, I don’t take my own money, I just spend my dad’s money, and I’m a spoiled brat. I hope they’re not right.’