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1st Ever Miss Nigeria by YOUNGKAHUNA: 4:12pm On Jul 20, 2013
1st ever Miss Nigeria 1957, Grace Tinuke Oyelude from Isanlu kogi state.

Can a lady win Miss Nigeria these days without brazilian hair
Miss Nigeria started as a photo contest in 1957. Contestants posted photographs of themselves and
finalists shortlisted; those successful
were invited to compete in the live final
which at the time did not include a swimsuit competition at the Lagos Island Club.

UAC employee Grace
Oyelude won the maiden edition of Miss Nigeria, and later used part of her
£200 prize money to travel to England
where she studied Nursing.
Contrary to popular belief, Julie Coker
was not the first Miss Nigeria; she was
Miss Western Nigeria but used the
‘Miss Nigeria’ title during official
engagements abroad.

Grace Tinuke Oyelude was crowned the
first Miss Nigeria in 1957 in a contest
that involved over 200 young girls from
all parts of Nigeria.
Born in Sabon Gari, Kano on November
16, 1931, to the Christian family of the
late James Adeleye Oyelude and late
Marthan Datanu of Isanlu in Kogi State,
young and charming Tinuke had her
elementary and secondary education
between 1940 and 1952 in Kano.

After her secondary education, she had
a stint with United African Company
(UAC) of Kano in 1957 at the age of 26.

She hit the world headlines when she
was crowned the first Miss Nigeria few
months after she gained admission into
the school of nursing, Ashford Kent,
England.

She completed her training and
became a State Registered Nurse (SRN)
in 1961. Not yet satisfied with her
achievements, she enrolled
immediately at the school of midwifery, St. Thomas Hospital, London from
where she qualified as a state
registered Midwife SCM (NRM) in 1962.

Her thirst for laurels took her to the
Royal College of Nursing, England in
1971 and obtained a Diploma in
nursing and Hospital Administration
(DNHA) and 1976, she obtained
another diploma from Ghana Institute
of Management and Personnel
Administration.

While in the United Kingdom, Oyelude
practiced in a number of hospitals
between 1962 and 1963, among which
is Paddington General Hospital; Kaduna
between 1964 and 1965, then senior
nursing sister – in – charge of the
former Kaduna Nursing Home (now
Barau Dike specialist Hospital, Kaduna)
from 1965 to 1977.

At the outbreak of Civil war in 1967,
national duty took her to Markurdi
General Hospital where she headed a
medical team from the then Northern
region, which prepared hospitals for
receiving war casualties and treating
them.

By 1970, she joined the institute of
Health, Ahmadu Bello University as a
senior matron and became director,
nursing services of the ABU teaching
hospital, the position she held until she
voluntarily retired in 1985.
In recognition of her professional
qualification, competence and public
spiritedness, she was made external
examiner of the Nursing and Midwifery
Council of Nigeria.

Between 1980 and
1983, she was the chairman, Kwara
State Health Management Board. She
was honoured in the year 2001 in the
Gambia by the West African College of
nursing as the ‘WACH‘s Florence
nightingale of the 20th century.’

She is Iyaolu of Isalu land and the
Iyalode of Okun land.

Re: 1st Ever Miss Nigeria by tsidra(f): 4:22pm On Jul 20, 2013
She try
Re: 1st Ever Miss Nigeria by nanauju(f): 4:52pm On Jul 20, 2013
The smile no change

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