Personality Profile: Grace Atinuke the first 'Miss Nigeria' (1957)


Early life:

Oyelude was born in Kano to James Adeleye Olude and Marthan Dantu of Isanlu from Kogi State, and was raised in Northern Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education between 1940 and 1952 in Kano.

Miss Nigeria:

Miss Nigeria commenced in 1957 as a photo contest. Contestants posted photographs of themselves to the Daily Times headquarters in Lagos where finalists were shortlisted. Successful finalists were afterwards invited to compete in the live final at the Lagos Island Club. At that time, the Miss Nigeria contest did not include a swimsuit competition. Oyelude was working at UAC when she represented the then Northern region. After winning the contest, she travelled to England where she studied Nursing. Within months of gaining admission to the School of Nursing in Ashford, she was crowned Miss Nigeria.

Nursing career:
Oyelude became a State Registered Nurse in 1961 and became qualified as a state registered midwife SCM (NRM) in 1962 after training at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. She moved on to the Royal College of Nursing, England in 1971 and obtained a diploma in Nursing and Hospital administration (DNHA). At the Ghana Institute of Management and Personnel Administration, she completed studies for another diploma.

In the United Kingdom, Oyelude worked in several hospitals including Paddington General Hospital, one of the former local hospitals of St Mary's Hospital, London. After returning to Nigeria, she worked in Kaduna General Hospital between 1964 and 1965. She worked as a senior nursing sister-in-charge of the former Kaduna Nursing home (now Barau Dike specialist hospital, Kaduna) from 1965-1977. When the Nigerian Civil War started in 1967, she moved to Markurdi General Hospital. Oyelude led a team from the Northern region; the group that helped hospitals get ready to treat casualties of war. In the early 1970s she worked as a senior matron and director of nursing services at the Ahmadu Bello University’s teaching hospital, after joining the Institute of Health, Ahmadu Bello University. She voluntarily retired from that post in 1985. She was also an external examiner of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. She chaired the Kwara State Health Management Board from 1980 to 1983.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Oyelude

Compare the then miss Nigeria and now Miss Nigeria. The glaring difference is that then miss Nigeria does not support nudity unlike these days. And also no excess painting of face, mouth etc..... She's as natural as my grandma

LIST OF FORMER MISS NIGERIA

1957 Grace Oyelude
1958 Helen Anyamaeluna
1959 Nene Etule
1960 Rosemary Anieze also known as “Miss Independence”
1961 Clara Emefiena
1962 Yemi Idowu
1963 Alice Alache Akla Adepe
1964 Edna Park
1965 Anna Eboweime
1967 Rosaline Balogun
1968 Foluke Ogundipe
1970 Stella Owivri
1972 Victoria Bamidele
1977 Toyin Monney
1978 Irene Omagbemi
1979 Helen Prest
1980 Syster Jack
1981 Tokunbo Onanuga
1982 Rita Martins
1984 Cynthia Oronsaye
1985 Rosemary Okeke
1986 Rita Anuku
1987 Stella Okoye
1988 Wunmi Adebowale
1990 Binta Sukai
1991 Bibiana Ohio
1993 Janet Fateye
1994 Clara Ojo
1998 Regina Nwabunar
2000 Vien Tetsola also known as the “Millennium Queen”
2001 Amina Ekpo
2002 Sylvia Edem
2003 Nwando Okwosa
2004 ENE LAWANI
2010 Damilola Agbajor
2011 Feyijimi Sodipo
2013 Ezinne Akudo Anyaoha
2015 Leesi Peter-Vigboro
2016 Chioma Obiadi,
http://www.idomavoice.com/2017/01/meet-alice-alache-akla-adepe-miss.html

cobadit:
Compare the then miss Nigeria and now Miss Nigeria. The glaring difference is that then miss Nigeria does not support nudity unlike these days. And also no excess painting of face, mouth etc..... She's as natural as my grandma

decency was the order then

what of flavour baby mamas them.. Agbani nd munachi which contest they win?