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  • #Throwback: That Time Agbani Darego Gave Nigeria International Exposure

    In November 2001, a beautiful 18-year-old represented Nigeria at the Miss World Beauty Pageant.

    Nigerians, and in fact blacks, held little hope for her winning, because there’d never being a black Miss World of native African before.

    Imagine everyone’s surprise when she actually won.

    We remember everyone celebrating when she was crowned; it was like the whole of Nigeria had won a lottery!

    It truly was a beautiful moment for Nigerians, and Africans.

    Now, Yoruba mothers fondly call tall, slim girls ‘Darego’, after the queen.

    Agbani now models in the USA. In 2012, she graduated with a degree in psychology from New York University.

    She also has her own denim clothing line -AD.

    Thank you, Agbani!

    Shola

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