In a post-victory acceptance speech, a just-crowned beauty queen pays glowing tributes to the pageant’s organizers, her sponsors, supporters and admirers; and followed with a disclosure of her hitherto unknown HIV positive status. In analysing the circumstances leading to the emergence of this HIV positive beauty, as the most beautiful girl in the contest, it became clear that her sponsors – aware of her status- went beyond pronouncing Armageddon for her, and “confidentially adopted and nurtured” her. This definitely is what empowerment and fair treatment are all about. “AIDS no dey show for face” is a local saying relating to this disease. It must be emphasized that every one is at liberty to choose where to subject oneself for testing and who to disclose the result of the test to, whether positive or otherwise. Governments by their own inaction, inadvertently fuel people’s reluctance to disclose their status. In this era of globalisation and openness, every effort must be made to encourage everyone infected and affected with HIV/AIDS, to be open about their status. There are ways that stigma is unnecessarily tied to disclosure –or lack of it- and they question our focus on why disclosure and stigma are such topical issues about HIV/AIDS. Major fears and stigma/discrimination in HIV/AIDS exist because the disease is infectious, not well understood, and very likely to kill its victims due to the absence of available, affordable and effective remedies.