Twilla Ojukutu-Macauley (born 1967) is a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

an Model (people), model and

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...

titleholder who was crowned as the winner of the 1988 edition of the

Miss Sierra Leone Miss Sierra Leone is a national Beauty pageant in Sierra Leone. The pageant constantly recruits the official winner to Miss World. In under Miss Sierra Leone Ltd. the pageant is sponsored by the government of Sierra Leone in Freetown. Intern ...

pageant.

Early life and education

Born into a Creole family in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...

; Ojukutu-Macauley attended Freetown Secondary School for Girls and later worked as a

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for the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation.

Pageantry

Miss Sierra Leone 1988

Whilst representing Western Area Urban District, Ojukutu-Macauley was crowned winner of the 1988 edition of

that was held in

. This result qualified her to represent her country at the

Miss World 1988 Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (''Queen of Europe'') from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla ...

pageant held on 17 November at the

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in London, UK.

Miss World 1988

She represented

at the

pageant but failed to place.

External links

Twilla Ojukutu-Macauley
on Miss Sierra Leone, Miss Sierra Leone 1988

References

Sierra Leone Creole people People of Sierra Leone Creole descent 1967 births Living people Miss World 1988 delegates Sierra Leonean beauty pageant winners People from Freetown {{Pageant-bio-stub