BEAUTIFUL CHIDERA AGUDE WAS 2013 MISS NIGERIA IN AMERICA

Brain and Beautiful Ms. Chidera Agude of Corona, California was on Saturday, September 21, 2013 , crowned the 2013  Miss Nigeria, America.

Chidera Agude holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from California State University, East Bay and is currently pursuing  master’s degree in international relations and Fashion.

The Miss Nigeria in America Beauty Pageant identifies Nigerian women in the US who exemplify beauty, talent, supremacy and intelligence. It aims to create new role models who through the beauty pageant will serve as ambassadors that will define a new Nigeria, enrich the beauty of the Nigerian Woman and enhance a new strength, energy and spirit for the advancement of women while positively impacting their communities.

The panel of judges included: Toks Olagundoye – Actress on ABC’s The Neighbors; Christian Purefoy – Former CNN Correspondent for Nigeria and Founder of Batta Box; Jacquelyn Aina – Founder and CEO of Makeup Game On Point; Barbara Amadi – CEO of White-House Entertainment; Chuck Nwokocha – Strength Finders Presenter; and Dr. Najeem Gbadamosi – Founder/CEO of Better Youth, Inc.

MEET FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA: AFRICA'S RICHEST WOMAN

Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigeria businesswoman. Born in 1951 to the family of Chief L. A. Ogbara in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She is a business tycoon involved in the fashion, oil and printing industries. She is the Group Managing Director of the Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and Digital Reality Prints Limited and the Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited. Folorunsho Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated net worth between $2.5 Billion and $7.3 billion. She is ranked by FORBES as the 13th Richest person in Africa

Family and Education:
At age seven, Folorunsho Alakija travelled to the United Kingdom to begin a four year primary education at Dinorben School for Girls in Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, Wales. After returning to Nigeria, she attended Muslim High School Sagamu Ogun State, Nigeria. Afterwards, she returned abroad for her secretarial studies at Pitman’s Central College, London. She also studied fashion design at the American College, London and the Central School of Fashion. In November 1976, she married a lawyer, Modupe Alakija. They reside in Lagos, Nigeria with their four sons.

Business background
Folorunsho Alakija started her career in 1974 as an Executive secretary at Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria. She moved on to the former First National Bank of Chicago, now FinBank where she worked for some years before establishing her tailoring company called Supreme Stitches. This rose to prominence and fame within a few years, and as Rose of Sharon House of Fashion, became a household name. As National President and lifelong Trustee of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN), she left an indelible mark, promoting Nigerian Culture through fashion and style

Philanthropic interests
Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija has a foundation called the Rose of Sharon foundation that helps widows and orphans by empowering them through scholarships and business grant to establish small scale business. Folorunsho Alakija is Vice-Chairman of the National Heritage Council and Endowment for the Arts .

MOST MEN JUST WANT TO GET IN-BETWEEN YOUR LEGS...BIOLA IGE

Beautiful Nollywood actress Biola Ige, dropped a bomb-shell recently while speaking about her relationship status, she said: ‘I am not dating now. I have grown over the years and realised that most men just want to get in-between your legs.’

Biola who was reported to have suffered  a terrible growth of her thyroid gland that affected her neck, tongue, complexion does not seem to be in a rush for relationship said, ‘I have chosen to be on my own and remain focused. If the right man comes and he is truly ready to date and not just to have fun, I will have a rethink.’

While speaking on her ideal man, the pretty actress said: ‘Is there even an ideal man really? If I say this person is my ideal man and the person does not like you, what will you do?