Kevin Chuwang Pam (born 9 January 1982) was the winner of the Season 4 of

Big Brother Africa ''Big Brother Africa'' is the African version of the international reality television franchise ''Big Brother'' created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show was first aired in 2003 for one season on M-Net and broadcast to audiences in 42 ...

in 2009. He has a

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in English language from the

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Early life

Chuwang was born on 9 January 1982 and grew up in Dogon Dutse, outskirts of Jos, the

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capital in

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. He has seven siblings.

Career

Chuwang earlier in 2006 while serving in the

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scheme in

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, participated in ''The Next Movie Star'', a Nigerian Reality TV show sponsored by Haier Thermocool in which he came out second runner-up. In what was to bring him to a broader lamplight, he got into the

Big Brother Africa (season 4) Big Brother Africa 4 (also known as ''Big Brother Africa: Revolution'') was the fourth series of the ''Big Brother Africa'' reality television series produced by Endemol. The series began airing on September 6, 2009, and aired for 92 days, ending ...

race and after beating 24 other contestants from 14 African countries emerged winner, taking home a grand prize of $200,000 on 6 December 2009. His father was present with him in the closing event in

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. In July 2012, ''View Point Nigeria'' reported that the Big Brother Africa (BBA) 2009 winner on Friday 12 July 2013 in Jos began a new musical talent hunt TV reality show under the entertainment label, ''Down to Earth Projects Ltd.'', his own enterprise, tagged "Jos Bring it on", in which 20 selected participants housed somewhere in the city of Jos contest for a prize of N500,000. He is the CEO of ''Down2Earth Entertainment'' and of ''Naija Pikin'', an NGO he founded. He is also does entertainment consultancy.

Personal life

Chuwang was married to Elizabeth "Liz" Gupta, a fellow housemate of his whom he met in 2009 at the Big Brother Africa Revolution House She hails from

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and her late father was

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. Their wedding took place on February 26, 2011 in

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. The couple have 2 children, Malaika (born August 2011) and Angelo (born October 2014). In 2015, he explained to ''Encomium Weekly'' his family's relocation to Jos. In May 2016, the Chuwang and his wife alongside former participants in the Big Brother Africa reality show,

Uti Nwachukwu Uti Nwachukwu (, born 3 August 1982) is a style icon, TV personality, actor and the co-host of the Nigerian show Jara. He is a native of Ndokwa, Aboh Kingdom, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. Early life Uti is the las ...

and Nkenna Iwuagwu attended the wedding of another colleague, Geraldine Iheme in

. Chuwang and Gupta divorced in 2016. He currently lives in

where he does stand up comedy.

References

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