Adaeze Yobo
Adaeze Yobo | |
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| Born | Adaeze Chinenye Igwe April 14, 1990 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | MBGN 2008 |
Adaeze Yobo (born Adaeze Stephanie Chinenye Igwe) is a former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria. [1][2]
She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra in the MBGN pageant with 29 other girls.[3] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.[4] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.
During her reign, Yobo established her own charity The Adaeze Igwe Foundation, an organisation which promotes AIDS and Breast Cancer awareness, and raises funds towards similar causes, including malaria and tuberculosis. Its mission was "to create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian youths and communities towards addressing [their] needs and challenges in relation to health and sustainable development." [5][6][7] She attended a short course at the New York Film Academy.[8]
In 2010, Yobo married Fenerbahçe S.K. player Joseph Yobo in a midnight ceremony held in Jos after a brief courtship,[9] and are now the parents of two sons.[10][11]
In 2011, Yobo was ranked 92 in a list of 101 Sexiest Soccer Wives and Girlfriends, as compiled by Bleacher Report.[12]
In 2014, Adaeze was listed as the 4th Most beautiful African Sportsman wife.[13]
References
- ^ Adaeze is the new MBGN
- ^ Interview with the Vanguard Nigeria Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ How Adaeze emerged MBGN 2008 Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MBGN 2008
- ^ Official Website Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interview with Adaeze II
- ^ Adaeze Igwe Foundation[permanent dead link]
- ^ Adaeze and Joseph
- ^ Adaeze marries Yobo[permanent dead link]
- ^ Yobo Marries Ex-beauty Queen, Adaeze Igwe, In Jos
- ^ Adaeze poses with pregnancy Archived April 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 101 sexiest wags
- ^ "4th Most Beautiful African Sportsman Wife".