Ghanaian beauty queen and entrepreneur Hamamat Montia recently grabbed attention with an unconventional beauty tip for women who want firm, perky breasts.
Instead of medical products or surgical advice, she recommends using a calabash.
Recall that Hamamat recently went viral after her interaction with American internet personality IShowSpeed when he visited her Shea Butter Museum in Accra and got a 10-woman massage. 
After his visit,the museum announced that they were fully booked until 16 March 2026, just hours after the streamer included it in his live tour content.
She was also Miss Malaika Ghana in 2006, and later built a business around traditional Ghanaian skin and body care.
Many people know her for handmade shea butter products as well as her Shea Butter Museum in Accra.
Her work focuses on heritage beauty practices and natural skincare.
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Calabash Bra: A Natural Way to Keep Your Breasts Perky
Across Africa, the calabash serves more than a simple household purpose.
Traditionally, people use it for drinking, storing cosmetics like shea butter, and decorative crafts.
But beyond that, the calabash carries strong cultural meaning in daily life across many African communities.
According to Hamamat, the calabash also plays a role in her beauty routine.
When she is at home and not going out, she sometimes uses a calabash as a home-made bra.
She believes this practice has helped her maintain breast firmness, even after childbirth and breastfeeding.
As part of her advice, she encourages women to use a calabash as a makeshift bra at home.
Hamamat suggests including it after childbirth or breastfeeding as this helps with maintaining breast firmness over time.
Overall, she presents the method as a natural and simple beauty practice for women seeking non-surgical options.
As we know, many women turn to risky methods like unsafe creams, pills, injections, and surgery to keep their breasts perky.
Some of these options carry health risks and long-term complications but Hamamat Montia’s calabash method appears simple, and non-invasive.
While it is not medically proven, the practice seems harmless and for those avoiding dangerous methods, this traditional approach may be worth trying.
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