Chinenye Ochuba-Akinlade is a Nigerian model and beauty pageant titleholder.
Ochuba-Akinlade is the seventh of eight children and also a twin. She is an Igbo. Following completion of her secondary education at Regan Memorial Secondary School, she won the 2002 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant while awaiting admission into university.[1] Despite being a favourite for the Miss Universe 2002 crown, she failed to make the top ten, but fared better at Miss World, where she was a top ten finalist, as well as the African Continental Queen of Beauty.[2]
Personal life edit
Formerly a student at the University of Lagos, Ochuba-Akinlade completed her degree in accounting and financing at the University of Greenwich, London in 2008, graduating with a second class upper.[3] She returned to Nigeria, where she married businessman Kunle Akinlade, and worked for ExxonMobil. Ochuba-Akinlade now has two children.[4]
References edit
- ^ MBGN 2002 Archived 12 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chinenye Ochuba- Epitome of Black Beauty". www.gisters.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ Chinenye Graduates Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ochuba-Akinlade gets groovy[permanent dead link]
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