AGBANI DAREGO

                    How many of us know about the beauty queen Agbani Darego.I can boldly say few about 5% of Africans know about this gorgeous lady. Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model and beauty queen, best know as the first native African to win Miss World.She also once won the title of 'Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria.' A few months later she was a contestant at Miss Universe, and became the first Nigerian to place among the top 10 semi-finalists, finishing seventh overall. Darego was born in Lagos to a family of 8 children. As a teenager, Darego longed to be a model,and despite her conservative father's choices, she auditioned for the M-Net Face of Africa modeling competition but was not chosen as a finalist.

 

                 Since then , she's done notable work such as landing on an endorsement with L'Oreal which ended in 2005, walking on the runway for designers such as Oscar De La Renta, Marc Bouwer and Tommy Hilfiger and also gracing the covers of magazines such as Style, TW, Elle, Marie Claire, Allure and Essence. Darego has a degree in Psychology from New York University, has her own clothing brand called AD and is the ambassador for two of Nigerian leading brands; Arik Air and Nature's Gentle Touch. Abbani and her fellow model Olunchi Orlandi are considered the pioneers of modeling in Nigeria, having both being the first Nigerian models to have successful international careers.

                  My Fellow African Models can also be like the likes of Agbani and Candice. Remember there is always HOPE .