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Bethrose:
Undisputedly one of the most beautiful and elegant beauty queens, if not the most beautiful Nigeria has ever produced.

finallybusy:
There is no way billionaires didn’t have their way with this woman.

Bethrose:
Undisputedly one of the most beautiful and elegant beauty queens, if not the most beautiful Nigeria has ever produced.

Bethrose:
Undisputedly one of the most beautiful and elegant beauty queens, if not the most beautiful Nigeria has ever produced.

Jaquar456:
I remember that she also wore this outfit to the PMAN awards those days and it made front page of most of the national dailies that time

Koranga:
Fine woman. In the days when Queens were Queens and beauty contest have value

Koranga:
Fine woman. In the days when Queens were Queens and beauty contest have value

ChinnysBlog:
The former beauty Queen , Ambassador of Nigeria to Spain as well as the wife of late Igbo leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu took to her Facebook page to talk about the iconic dress she wore to an event decades ago which was widely referred to at the time, as ‘the dress that launched a thousand ships’…

THE DRESS THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS….

Clothes are extremely powerful tools. They can evoke memories of special moments in our lives. This white and gold full length Wayne Clark inspired ensemble is one of such. This was my showstopping appearance for the official launch event in the USA of the fragrance called ‘CAESAR’S WOMAN’ over three decades ago. This fragrance, created by Caesars Palace/Caesars World, Las Vegas, was designed to evoke the elegance and luxury of life in Ancient Rome.

It was the Eighties, the decade of excess. The launch party for the introduction of this Perfume was lavish and glamorous. the scents were brought into the expansive arena in a chariot led by models clad as Roman gladiators, soldiers and goddesses. To add to the razzmatazz the organizers intended to turn loose 25 doves whose wings were dipped in the fragrance in order to envelop the atmosphere in the luxurious fragrance (which apparently was how the Romans were said to have freshened the air), But regrettably, the doves refused to fly on the day of the launch😅!

This Dress ultimately became my future husband’s favorite dress of my entire collection. He said it evoked fantasies of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy and Mona Lisa all rolled into one. Incidentally, He specially requested that I wear the outfit again when I accompanied him a couple of years later to the Nigeria Music Awards, Nigeria’s equivalent of the American Grammys at that time, organized by Sir Tony Okoroji’s PMAN. It caused quite a stir!
He loved it so much, infact, that that he commissioned a series of Giaconda themed portraits of me in this ensemble with which he adorned the reception areas of our various homes.

Flash forward to Today, this Fragrance has been discontinued but the memory of this dress that launched a thousand ships still lingers!

So, what’s the most powerful memory of an outfit you own?

Treasure17:
See adjectives everywhere. Helen of Troy. What a beaut.

Bethrose:
Undisputedly one of the most beautiful and elegant beauty queens, if not the most beautiful Nigeria has ever produced.