Friday, February 12, 2010

Omowunmi Akinnifesi


PERSONALITY PROFILE:

Omowunmi Akinnifesi Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name Omowunmi Akinnifesi
Title(s) Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005, Miss Tourism International
Major competition(s) Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005

Omowunmi Akinnifesi is a Nigerian business woman.

Akinnifesi spent her early years in Sierra Leone before returning to her native Nigeria with her family. She attended Queens College, Yaba, where she won several prizes for her art work.

In 2005, eighteen year old Akinnifesi was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, making her eligible to represent her country at the Miss World Pageant in China that same year, where she displayed her skills and also engaged in tree planting for the Chinese government; she displayed more of her talent at another international pageant - Miss Tourism International in Ukraine, in which she emerged winner.

Akinnifesi also represented Nigeria in Jordan, where she was welcomed by the Jordan Tourism Board, in order to promote Tourism and later in Ghana where she launched a water fall in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism Ghana.

In 2008, Akinnifesi graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in Geography and Regional Planning, second class upper division, and was also first runner-up in the Nigerian version of Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Takes 2 Dance before she launched her own public relations and usher-hiring business Elle Poise.

In June 2009, Akinnifesi was appointed Environmental ambassador by the Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola.

Beauty with brains is what she is...

1 comment:

  1. She is also a university graduate and PR company CEO.

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