Agbani Darego
Ibiagbanidokibubo "Agbani" Asenite Darego (born December 22, 1982 ) is a Nigerian model . She won the Miss World title in 2001 .
Life
Darego won the Nigerian Most Beautiful Girl (MBGN) national beauty pageant in 2001 . She also took part in the Face of Africa competition, a model contest, but failed in the first round. While studying at the University of Port Harcourt, she represented Nigeria in the Miss Universe election , which was held in Bayamon ( Puerto Rico ). She was the only colored woman to finish seventh in the competition.
Miss World
In November 2001, Agbani Darego took part in Sun City ( South Africa ) in the 51st Miss World competition, which was hosted by the American talk show host Jerry Springer . The then 18-year-old won in the final round before Miss Scotland and Miss Aruba. She was the first colored Miss World from Africa.
Originally, the subsequent election in 2002 was to be held in Darego's native Nigeria. Unrest and a difficult political situation, especially in the north of the country, meant that the election was finally held in London ( Great Britain ).
In October 2010 Darego took part as a judge in the 60th Miss World election in Sanya , China . There she chose among others together with the former titleholders Denise Perrier (Miss World 1953), Ann Sidney (Miss World 1964), Mary Stävin (Miss World 1977), María Julia Mantilla (Miss World 2004), Zhang Zilin (Miss World 2007) and Xenia Sukhinova (Miss World 2008) won the 18-year-old American Alexandria Mills .
Further career
After her reign as Miss World, Agbani Darego left the University of Port Harcourt in 2002 . She signed a contract with the modeling agency Next Model Management and is working on her career as a model in Europe. The client was, among others, the French cosmetics group L'Oreal .
Web links
- Photos in Essence magazine
- Agbani Darego in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- BBC article on the 2001 election
- BBC article on the 2002 riots
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Priyanka Chopra |
Miss World 2001 |
Azra Akın |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Darego, Agbani |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Darego, Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite; Darego, Agbani Asenite (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd December 1982 |