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Agbani Darego: First ever Miss World from Africa
Agbani Darego from Nigeria was crowned Miss World 2001 that marked the date as historic one as she was the first indigenous African to win Miss World.
By Angelique Reyes · 20 April 2020
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Agbani Darego from Nigeria was crowned Miss World 2001 that marked the date as historic one as she was the first indigenous African to win Miss World.
By Angelique Reyes · 20 April 2020
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Miss World 2001 Agbani Darego was also amongst the top 10 finalists of Miss Universe 2001. After being crowned as Miss World 2001, the diva became the youngest chief of her tribe.
By Priya Bhardwaj · 25 March 2020
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Miss World 2001 Agbani Darego attended UBA CEO’s awards clad in a chic print dress by popular fashion brand, Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi. She looked breathtakingly beautiful. The beauty queen is a popular Nigerian model, best known as the first native Sub-Saharan African to clinch the coveted title of Miss World 2001.
By Angelopedia · 26 April 2016
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Miss World 2014 pageant is on and here we go with the list of grand jury members who have been judging the beauties very carefully in each challenge event. The panel of expert judges include – Julia Morley – Julia Morley is the current Chairman and owner of the Miss World Organisation. She is wife of Eric Morley, the founder of Miss World Organisation. As Chairman of Miss World, Julia introduced the theme of ‘Beauty with a Purpose’, which focuses on raising money for sick and underprivileged children of society. Rudy Salle - Rudy Salles is a member of the National Assembly of France. He was a successful member of France’s Republican Party, the Independent Republican and Liberal Pole and the Union for French Democracy; he is now also a member of the New Center since 2007. Jody Reynolds - Jody Reynolds is a past president of Variety International and former Red Cross worker during the Vietnam War. She has been working with the Miss World Organisation since twenty years and serving as a Beauty with a Purpose judge for the past 5 years. Marsha-Rae Ratcliff - Marsha-Rae Ratcliff is also a Variety International Board Member who first created the charity’s International Gold Pin Heart Campaign. Tony Hatch - Tony Hatch is a musician by heart and has composed music for theatre and television. He is also a renowned songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer and has written and produced songs and scores for some of the UK’s most celebrated musical acts and films. Zhang Zilin - Zhang Zilin was Miss World 2007 and the first representative of China and of East Asian descent to be crowned Miss World. Zhang is one of the renowned face in Asia and global fashion industry, having done modelling assignments with top brands like L’Oréal, Rado & Swarovsky. Agbani Darego - Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model and is perhaps best known as the first ever Black African Miss World. Agbani has done modelling for Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, and Ralph Lauren. Kaiane Aldorino - Kaiane Aldorino was crowned Miss World 2009 and the first ever Miss World from Gibraltar. Azra Akin was the first Turkish woman to be crowned Miss World in the year 2002. She is a successful actress and Television personality. Currently she is the voice of the UN Population Fund in Turkey.
By Angelopedia · 13 December 2014

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