Ijeoma Josephina Otabor (born 2 June 1997) known as Phyna is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...

, hype woman, entertainer and a reality TV star. She is the winner of ''Big Brother Naija'' season 7.

Early life

Phyna is from Esan tribe in

Edo state Edo, commonly known as Edo State, is a state located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As of 2006 National population census, the state was ranked as the 24th populated state (3,233,366) in Nigeria, However there was controversy ...

but she was born in

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...

. She grew up in Edo State where she had her primary and secondary education. She is a graduate of Engineering from

Auchi Polytechnic Auchi Polytechnic is a Federal Polytechnic in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. It is one of the first four Polytechnics established in Nigeria. It has over 10,000 students enrolled in business, technology, environmental and arts courses. Histo ...

Career

Before entering the Big Brother Naija house, Phyna was a commercial model, who started her career from college and was signed by a modelling agency.

Big Brother Naija

Phyna entered the 7th season of Big Brother Naija (Level Up) as the tenth housemate on 23 July 2022. During the season finale of the show on 2 October 2022, she was declared the winner scoring 40.74% of the final votes ahead of Bryann with 26.74% of the total votes cast and was entitled to the ₦100 000 000 (one hundred million naira) grand prize, making her the second female to win the show, three years after

Mercy Eke Mercy Eke is a Nigerian media personality, actress, video vixen and entrepreneur from Imo State. She won season 4 of ''Big Brother Naija'' in October 2019, becoming the first woman to win the reality show. She is the founder of Mnm luxury. On ...

won it.

Endorsements

Rixariskinskinscrets, Speedy weightloss

Filmography

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phyna Living people Big Brother (franchise) winners Participants in Nigerian reality television series People from Edo State 1997 births