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List Of Igbo People
The list of Igbo people includes notable individuals who have full or significant ancestry traced back to the Igbo people of South-East and South-South geopolitical regions of Nigeria. This page also contains names of people who traced their African heritage through DNA testing to the Igbo ethnic group. Beauty pageant winners and models Miss Nigeria & Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria * Debbie Collins, Miss World 2016 Nigeria representative * Unoaku Anyadike, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Miss World 2015 Nigeria representative * Iheoma Nnadi, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2014, Miss World 2014 Nigeria representative * Ezinne Akudo, Miss Nigeria 2013 * Sylvia Nduka, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2011, Miss World 2011 Nigeria representative * Fiona Amuzie-Iredu, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2010, Miss World 2010 Nigeria representative * Glory Umunna, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2009, Miss World 2009 Nigeria representative * Adaeze Igwe, Most Beautiful Girl in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo People
The Igbo people ( , ; also spelled Ibo" and formerly also ''Iboe'', ''Ebo'', ''Eboe'', * * * ''Eboans'', ''Heebo''; natively ) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. A sizable Igbo population is also found in Delta and Rivers States. Large ethnic Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, as well as outside Africa. There has been much speculation about the origins of the Igbo people, which are largely unknown. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River—an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section. The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. The Igbo language is part of the Niger-Congo language family. Its regional dialects are somewhat mutually intelligible amidst the larger "Igboid" cluster. The Igbo homeland straddles the lower Niger River, east and south of the Edoid and Idomoid gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2008
Miss World 2008, the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 December 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in neighbouring South Ossetia, the Miss World Organization decided to move the pageant away from Eastern Europe. 109 contestants from all over the world compete for the crown, the second highest turnout in the 59 years of the pageant. Zhang Zilin of China crowned Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia as the brand new Miss World. Results Placements Continental Queens of Beauty Winners were as follows: Order of Announcements Top 15 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # # Contestants Miss World 2008 had a total of 109 contestants. Judges Miss World 2008 contestants were judged based upon the criteria of glamour, beauty, intelligence and poise. Some of the judges were representatives of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngo Okafor
Ngoli Onyeka Okafor (born December 30, 1974) is an American-born Nigerian actor, former boxer and model who is arguably the internet's most downloaded black male model. Okafor is currently living in New York, New York. Early life and education Okafor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts as the second child to a middle-class family when his father was completing his PhD program at Harvard University. His family moved home to Nigeria shortly before Okafor's second birthday. He moved back to the states in the summer of 1994. After completing his basic and secondary school education in Enugu, Nigeria, he proceeded to the University of Connecticut in 1994 where he studied Computer Science before he got employed with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Career Modeling After losing his job as an I.T specialist at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Ngo took to modelling and has since gone on to be featured on cover pages of notable magazines like ''Fortune'', ''Vogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister World 2007
Mister World 2007 was the 5th edition of the Mister World competition. It was held on March 31, 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. Gustavo Gianetti of Brazil crowned Juan Garcia Postigo of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... at the end of the event. Results Placements Teams Contestants References External links Official Mister World siteOfficial PR Team {{Mister World Mister World 2007 in China 2007 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikenna Bryan Okwara
Bryan Okwara also known as Ikenna Bryan Okwara (born 9 November 1985) is a Nigerian actor of Igbo descent and pageant contestant who won the title of Mr. Nigeria in 2007 and reached the semi-finals in the Mister World 2007 competition. Filmography * ''If i am president'' 2018 * The Washerman 2018 * Crazy People 2018 * Entreat 2016 * The MatchMaker 2015 * Beauty of the Mind 2014 * The Awakening 2013 * ''Weekend Getaway ''Weekend Getaway'' is a 2012 Nigerian romantic drama film directed by Desmond Elliot and starring Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Monalisa Chinda, Ini Edo, Uti Nwachukwu, Alexx Ekubo, Bryan Okwara, Beverly Naya and Uru Eke. It received 11 nom ...'' 2012 References External links * Igbo male models Igbo male actors Nigerian male film actors Nigerian male models Living people 1986 births Nigerian beauty pageant winners Nigerian beauty pageant contestants Actors from Imo State 20th-century births {{Nigeria-pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1987
Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 27 May 1987 at the World Trade Centre in Singapore. Bárbara Palacios of Venezuela crowned her successor Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 68 contestants competed in the pageant. Results Placements Final Competition Contestants * - Carolina Brachetti * - Jennine Leonarder * - Kristina Sebestyen * - Betty Ann Hanna * - Dawn Michelle Waithe * - Holly Emma Edgell * - Patricia Arce * - Jacqueline Meirelles * - Sandy Michelle Harrigan * - Tina May Simpson * - Cecilia Bolocco * - Patricia López Ruiz * - Ana María Bolaños * - Viennaline Arvelo * - Natasha Papademetriou * - Nanna Louisa Johansson * - Carmen Rita Pérez * - María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón * - Hoda Abboud * - Virna Passely Machuca * - Yvette Dawn Lindsey * - Outi Tanhuanpää * - Nathalie Marquay * - Dagmar Schulz * - Xenia Pantazi * - Susse Petersen * - Teresa Torres Fischer * - María Isabel Flores * - Janny Tervelde * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu
Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu, also known as Lynda Chuba (born 22 June 1966), is a Nigerian politician who gained popularity as the first ever MBGN winner in 1986.Profile She is the daughter of former Chief Justice and two-time NFA chairman Chuba Ikpeazu. She is also one of 11 female out of the 360 lawmakers at the chamber in Nigeria. Early life and education Chuba-Ikpeazu was educated in , , and in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer, statesman and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the president of the secessionist Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970, which declared independence from Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. He was active as a politician from 1983 until his death in 2011 at the age of 78. Early life and education Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu was born on 4 November 1933 at Zungeru in northern Nigeria to Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, an Igbo businessman from present-day Nnewi, Anambra State in south-eastern Nigeria. Sir Louis was in the transport business; he took advantage of the business boom during World War II to become the richest man in Nigeria. He began his educational career in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. Emeka Ojukwu started his secondary school education at CMS Grammar School, Lagos aged 10 in 1943. He later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (, born 5 August 1968) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman. She is the widow of former Biafra president Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a multiple international pageant titleholder, having won Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1988 and Miss Africa, and is best known as the first African to win Miss Intercontinental. Formerly a presidential advisor,Beauty Queen Bianca Ojukwu Appointed Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs she was the country's ambassador to Ghana and became Nigeria's Ambassador to |
Sabina Umeh
Sabina Umeh (born Sabina Ifeoma Umeh, 1969), is a Nigerian singer/songwriter and model. Career The daughter of a renowned playwright and professor, Umeh was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 1990 in December 1989, and would participate in Miss Universe, Miss Intercontinental, and Miss World, where she won the Miss Personality award. Prior to MBGN, she had been crowned '' Miss Uniben''. Umeh vowed to avoid scandals, but found herself embroiled in one when journalists questioned her victory her boyfriend (now husband) Kesse Jabari, was revealed to be an employee of organisers Silverbird Productions. Umeh discredited the allegations, stating she had contested earlier in 1987 when Jabari was already with Silverbird, but lost to Omasan Buwa. Since ending her reign, Theatre Arts graduate Umeh has carved a career in music, television/film, modelling, and beauty, and has worked in public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2002
Miss World 2002, the 52nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 December 2002 at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. It was initially intended to be staged in Abuja, but due to religious riots in the nearby city of Kaduna (the "Miss World riots") the pageant was relocated to London. A total of 110 contestants from all over the world were initially invited to compete for the crown, but several contestants boycotted the pageant and others dropping out in protest for the death sentence by stoning determined by an Islamic Sharia court to Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman accused of adultery, making a total of 88 girls competing for the crown. It was the first time that audience participation through text messaging together with the scores of the judges helped in determining the results for the Top 20. Azra Akın from Turkey won the pageant, becoming the first ever representative from her country to be crowned Miss World. She was crowned by Agbani Darego of Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinenye Ochuba
Chinenye Ochuba-Akinlade is a Nigerian beauty pageant titleholder. Ochuba-Akinlade is the seventh of eight children and also a twin. She is an Igbo. Following completion of her secondary education at Regan Memorial Secondary School, she won the 2002 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant while awaiting admission into university. Despite being a favourite for the Miss Universe 2002 crown, she failed to make the top ten, but fared better at Miss World, where she was a top ten finalist, as well as the African Continental Queen of Beauty. Formerly a student at the University of Lagos, Ochuba-Akinlade completed her degree in Accounting and Financing at the University of Greenwich, London in 2008, graduating with a second class upper. She returned to Nigeria, where she married businessman Kunle Akinlade, and worked for oil company Exxon Mobil ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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