Agbani Darego born Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego is a model, beauty queen and brand ambassador who made the continent proud by being the first native African to win Miss World.
Stargist.com presents you 10 facts about the world class beauty.
See below:
1. Agbani who was born on the 22nd December 1982 in Lagos to a family of eight children hails from Abonnema, Rivers State.
2. She attended Bereton Montessori Nursery and Primary School, Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma in Delta state for her secondary education. Darego left the University of Port Harcourt where she was studying Computer science and Mathematics due to the her busy schedule and later enrolled at New York University where she studied Psychology.
3. The ex-beauty queen is an orphan who lost her mother to cancer and her father died of natural causes.
4. In 2001, Darego was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria. Contrary to popular belief, she did not replace Valerie Peterside after the latter was dethroned, as she had won Miss Nigeria. The same year, she was a contestant at Miss Universe and became the first Nigerian to place among the top 10 semi-finalists, finishing seventh overall.
5. In November 2001, Agbani Darego also became the first native African to claim the Miss World title.
6. Agbani was invited by Naomi Campbell to participate in Frock ‘n’ Roll – a charity fashion show in Barcelona and soon negotiated a modelling deal with Donald Trump’s management to establish links with modelling agencies in America
7. Shortly after her reign as Miss World, she was represented by the London and Paris branches of Next Model Management and landed a three-year contract with L’Oréal, becoming only the second Black model to accomplish this feat after Vanessa Williams, and was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue.
8. In 2010 she launched a style and fashion reality show Stylogenic on Nigerian television, and three years later announced her denim range, ‘AD by Agbani Darego’ which includes jeans, dresses, sunglasses and bags.
9 The model is the brand ambassador for two leading brands, Arik Air and Nature’s Gentle Touch. She has also graced the covers of Complete Fashion, Mania, ThisDay Style, Genevieve, True Love, and TW Magazine.
10. Darego has judged numerous pageants, and fashion and modelling competitions including Miss England 2002, Mr. Scotland 2002, Elite Model Look Nigeria 2012 and 2014 and Miss World 2014.
11. Agbani has a National Honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).
12. Agbani Darego is currently single.
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