Nigerian model, Agbani Darego has taken to social media to mark the 20th anniversary of the day she was crowned Miss World.

Agbani emerged winner of Miss World on November 16, 2001, making her the first Nigerian and also the first indigenuous African to win the renowned beauty pageant.

She won the pageant at age 18 after beating 93 contestants from all over the world at the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa.
She was crowned by Indian actress, Priyanka Chopra, who was Miss World the previous year.

Taking to her Instagram page today, November 16, the mum of two shared a video of the moment she was crowned and wrote, “20 years today! Forever thankful for the experience @missworld �”

Source: https://neusicmedia.com/entertainment/forever-thankful-agbani-darego-says-as-she-marks-20th-anniversary-of-winning-miss-world/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuaE8-p2S4M
20 years today! Forever thankful for the experience @missworld �

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWVXjI7jDFb/?utm_medium=copy_link

What a great achievement yet she doesn't make noise about it. Imagine if it was Tonto Dike that won the award?

A life time experience, lucky her. But I think She is prettier now

zaraola:

A life time experience, lucky her. But I think She is prettier now

You meant more mature.

Wait, the woman crowning her is an actress...

Wow, much prettier now

Beautiful ma'am

Wow 20yrs already! I remember how my whole family watched that event. We were so young then...

No controversy, no social media brouhaha (wonder if she dey social media sef), no scandal etc. This is the definition of a classy woman darego, genevieve, chimamanda, ngozi okonji etc. The last of a dying breed. Darego win miss world, burna win Grammy. Rivers state dey try shaa

Soulsymbol99:
No controversy, no social media brouhaha (wonder if she dey social media sef), no scandal etc. This is the definition of a classy woman darego, genevieve, chimamanda, ngozi okonji etc. The last of a dying breed. Darego win miss world, burna win Grammy. Rivers state dey try shaa

Yes ooo,Rivers State is trying
Agbani Darego is A kalabari Ijaw lady
Burna Boy is A Engenni Ijaw Boy
Proudly Ijaw
#We Rise

Boomboost:


You meant more mature.

Wait, the woman crowning her is an actress...

isn't that Priyanka Chopra

Congratulations...

Fahdiga:
What a great achievement yet she doesn't make noise about it. Imagine if it was Tonto Dike that won the award?

una go sabi do amebo too much. Congratulate her and pass. Leave others alone

Yeah, she won it the year before Agbani- 21years ago

bahdpersona:
isn't that Priyanka Chopra

Congratulations to her

The only Nigeria to ever win MISS WORLD

The real "slay queen "

bahdpersona:
isn't that Priyanka Chopra

You're correct... The lady crowning Agbani is actually the Indian actress Priyanka Chopra.

She was a 'slay queen' before social media became a thing.
Back when people actually had sense.
We watched her that year and felt very proud.
The whole world applauded Nigerian excellence.
She answered her questions eloquently and with so much poise.

But today, one big head who doesn't know that England is in Europe won N90million in a reality tv show.

Go figure.

She still never add weight?

Sweet girl

Nonexisting:
She still never add weight?

Weldone o, kimono

She has to be eternally thankful. It was a solid turning point in her life and career.

Making Nigerian girls proud. Because of Agbani I’m starting a hashtag against the slander of Nigerian girls.
We’re hard working, loyal and faithful women. We build with whomever we love. We have even suffered betrayal where men whom we built together with left us and married someone else, we did not say all Nigerian men were betrayers.

Yes, there’s a few elements that are bad, but you also find it in Nigerian men.

So stop painting all women with same brush and think girls from other countries are better. #NigerianGirlsAreGood.

It was a great achievement.

If they allowed the reigning miss world to also contest I'm sure Priyanka Chopra would have beat Agbani.

Congratulations to miss world Agbani Deredgoat