Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
(2008), Adaeze Stephanie Yobo, has joined the echelon of world class super
celebrities on the Africa Fashion Week Ambassadors List.
24 year old Adaeze achieved her
childhood dream of becoming the most beautiful girl in Nigeria in 2008, at the
age of 18, beating 29 other beautiful Nigerian women to the crown. She also
represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa, making the top twenty
list in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.
Adaeze Yobo who is also a UN
Ambassador for Peace, established her own charity during her reign as Most
Beautiful Girl in Nigeria. Known as the Adaeze Igwe Foundation, the foundation
of which is most passionate, sought to create awareness and garner support for
Sickle Cell Anaemia, Aids and Breast Cancer patients. The foundation also
raises funds towards similar causes such as Malaria and Tuberculosis. Its
mission was to “create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian Youth
and Communities for addressing their needs and challenges towards sustainable
development.
Adaeze whose beauty and fashion
sense is subject of many celebrity magazines and blog features, met and married
Joseph Yobo in Jos, after a brief courtship, and in 2011, was ranked 92, in a
list of 101 Sexiest Soccer Wives and Girlfriends, according to Bleacher Report.
Adaze and Joseph Yobo are now parents to their first child, Joey, and live in
Istanbul Turkey, where Joseph is furthering his football career.
In enlisting Adaeze as Celebrity
Ambassador, Africa Fashion Week London, the biggest African inspired fashion
event in the UK for three years running since 2011 and parent event to Africa
Fashion Week Nigeria, which is also the biggest platform supporting up and
coming fashion talents in Nigeria, is furthering its key objective of
inspiring the teeming youth talent all over the world, especially in Africa, by
presenting celebrity offerings and success stories as benchmarks for positive
youthful aspirations.
Speaking on the appointment, the
founder of Africa Fashion Week London, Ronke Ademiluyi, says: “I am delighted
to have Adaeze on our platform. Her beauty, achievements and strategic status
makes her a miracle and a rare find. Millions of our youthful followers all
over the world will be inspired by her”
Adaeze will be joining the ranks of
other Celebrity Ambasadors on the AFWL platform such as Ghana Ex Beauty Queen
Menaye Donkor, Congo DCR Ex Beauty Queen, Supermodel and UN Ambassador
for Peace, Noella Coursaris Musunka, Bassist and lead vocalist of the Noisettes
British Band Shinghai Shoniwa, Sky Tv Presenter, Lukwesa Burak and
Ugandan Born Editor of the London Based New Africa Woman Magazine, Regina Jane
Jere.
In her capacity as AFWL ambassador,
Adaeze will be working closely with some of the world’s best celebrities of
African Origin such as Yinka Shonibare, artist and Member of the British Empire
(MBE) and director of the Tiwanis Art Gallery London, and Princess Fifi Ejindu,
Nigerian Born, World Class Architect and Real Estate Entrepreneur and Life
patron of Africa Fashion Week London. Together they will all gear efforts
towards increasing and strengthening the pedestal for launching the careers of
young African inspired fashion designers globally.
Wikipedia report on Adaeze Yobo (born Adaeze Stephanie Chinenye Igwe) is a former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria,[1][2] and is also a step-daughter of former football player John Fashanu, who is now married to her mother. [3]
She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra in the MBGN pageant with 29 other girls.[4] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.[5] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.
During her reign, Yobo established her own charity The Adaeze Igwe Foundation, an organisation which promotes AIDS and Breast Cancer awareness, and raises funds towards similar causes, including malaria and tuberclosis. Its mission was "to create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian youths and communities towards addressing [their] needs and challenges in relation to health and sustainable development." [6][7][8] She attended a short course at the New York Film Academy.[9]
In 2010, Yobo married Fenerbahçe S.K. player Joseph Yobo in a midnight ceremony held in Jos after a brief courtship,[10] and are now parents of their first child.[11][12]
In 2011, Yobo was ranked 92 in a list of 101 Sexiest Soccer Wives and Girlfriends, as compiled by Bleacher Report.[13]
References
Additional report from Wikipedia and
Laidi’s blog and Thisday
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