₦airaland Forum

As of today, the most beautiful girl in Africa is Chidinma Adetshina, a Nigerian woman of Igbo descent, who is the first runner up in the Miss Universe 2024 competition, while the most handsome man on Earth is Samuel Nwajaju, a Nigerian man of Igbo origin, who won the Mister International 2024.

That cannot be a coincidence. From Rosemary Anieze Adams, who was Miss Nigeria at Independence in 1960, to then Miss Bianca Onoh (now Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu), who was the second Nigerian beauty queen to advance into the advanced stages of a major international beauty pageant, the Igbo keep showing that they have pulchritudinous qualities.

Edna Park was the first Nigerian to achieve that in 1964. However, her participation in the 1964 Miss Universe was problematic. She collapsed on stage in Miami after failing to advance into the top fifteen. She caused an international incident, as the audience thought she had died. The wife of a Nigerian ambassador, Nneka Onyegbula, who attended the event was crying profusely and accusing the White judges of racism. Edna Park was rushed to the best hospital in Miami, where she was resuscitated.

The event was a major embarrassment to the Miss Universe brand because the world media began comparing Edna Park with Rosa Parks due to the similarities between their names and life experiences.

Whether by design or accident, no Nigerian has been able to break into the Miss Universe pageant's elimination round until Chidinma Adetshina broke the jinx this year after a sixty-year hiatus from 1964 to 2024. Talk about Igbo power!

For that achievement, Nigeria has Senator Ben Murray-Bruce to thank. He was to have ended the dry spell in 1983, but after South Africa won a place, Mr Murray-Bruce patriotically withdrew his contestaant because he did not want to be in the same room as an Apartheid beauty queen.

Immediately before the contest, and because of her recent scandal, Chidinma was known as a Nigerian beauty pageant. After she became first runner-up, every major South African publication now refers to her as a South African-Nigerian model—not a Nigerian-South African model. A South African-Nigerian model!

In terms of pageantry, no Nigerian ethnicity has won as many beauty contests collectively in both male and female categories as the Igbo.

Please don't get me wrong. I was specific about that fact being in both male and female categories combined. I am not referring to just individual genders. I know how sensitive some of us can get about the praise of others.

It vindicates what I have written about the Igbo in the past. In terms of physical beauty, they are among humanity's best specimens.

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022. 21st Most Talked About Person in Africa, 2024.

shivisee:
This guy is now the Terro and conqueror of obi and his people!

mightyhaze:
Most Talked about idiot

yarimo:
Only few Nigerians knows how to press bitter people mumu bottom 🤣🤣

yarimo:
Only few Nigerians knows how to press bitter people mumu bottom 🤣🤣

jmoore:
The fool should remove Igbo people from his mouth before ekwensu akpo ya oku.

I just noticed he added '21st most talked about person in Africa 2024' to his titles. That man is really an idiot.

yarimo:
Only few Nigerians knows how to press bitter people mumu bottom 🤣🤣

NLCreator:
https://x.com/renoomokri/status/1871993814719852978?s=19[/quote]True.
Congrats.

shivisee:
This guy is now the Terro and conqueror of obi and his people!

NLCreator:
https://x.com/renoomokri/status/1871993814719852978?s=19[/quote]Someone get Reno admitted to a mental health clinic asap

His condition is deteriorating so fast🙁

PulaPower:
Till date, person never still understand the combo of her name..

Chidinma Adeshina..

OfoIgbo:
Just understand that her father is from the SE

yarimo:
Only few Nigerians knows how to press bitter people mumu bottom 🤣🤣