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Chidimma Adetshina was crowned Miss Nigeria on Saturday. The 23-year-old was originally competing to be Miss South Africa. But she dropped out after questions about her eligibility went viral.
Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was born in Soweto, South Africa to an Igbo Nigerian father, and a Mozambican mother. [6] Her father is of Igbo descent while her mother is a Mozambican who is accused of allegedly committing identity fraud in South Africa. Adetshina grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. As of 2024, she is a law student. [7] [8] [9 ...
The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned Nigeria's highest-ever placement. She shared her tumultuous pageant journey with BI. The Miss Universe runner-up made history for Nigeria.
Miss Universe Nigeria (MUN) is a national beauty pageant that selects Nigeria's official representative to Miss Universe—one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The current titleholder is Chidimma Adetshina of Taraba. She represented Nigeria at the Miss Universe 2024 competition held in Mexico City and finished as first runner-up.
Former publisher Ben Murray-Bruce ventured into show business after his magazine Silverbird flopped. He took a loan of N200,000 from his father which he used to organise a number of concerts which saw artists like Shalamar and Kool and the Gang perform in Nigeria, after which he promoted a new pageant known as Miss Universe Nigeria in 1983 (Omololu Ojehomon was crowned winner but never ...
The three-hour 71 st Miss World 2024 Final will be broadcast on Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m. ET in the U.S. on The Africa Channel. Next, Meet the New Miss America 2024 and the 50 Lovely Ladies Who ...
In 1963, Miss Nigeria 1962 Yemi Idowu became the first winner to represent the country at Miss United Nations where she reached the semi-final. [19] The following year, salesgirl Edna Park became the only Miss Nigeria at Miss Universe, but is best remembered for disrupting the evening when she collapsed on stage after failing to reach the top fifteen.
Miss Nepal, Jane Garrett, is one of the first “curvy” women to compete at Miss Universe; Erica Robin, meanwhile, is the first woman to represent Pakistan at the pageant.