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Nigerian model

Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi (born 1 August 1980) is a Nigerian model based in New York City.^[5][3] Growing up in the suburbs of Lagos, she won "The Face of Africa" contest at the age of 16.^[6]

Early life

Onweagba (a native of Isuikwuato, Abia State) grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria, with her two brothers and sisters.

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She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse.^[3]

Discovery

Onweagba was urged by a family friend to enter into the M-Net "Face of Africa" preliminary screening at the M-Net office in Victoria Island, Lagos in the year 1997.^[7] The agency groomed her to be one of Nigeria's entrants for the 1998 competition (rebranded as the Nokia Face of Africa).

This despite the fact that, growing up, she had maintained a relative ignorance towards fashion and modeling.^[8] With the support of her family and friends, she decided to compete in the inaugu Oluchi Onweagba Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements ... KECO