Nike Oshinowo

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Nike Oshinowo
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Adenike Asabi Oshinowo
Title(s) MBGN 1991
Major
competition(s)		 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1991
Official website

Nike Oshinowo (born Adenike Asabi Oshinowo, c. 1968) — also credited as Nike Oshinowo-Soleye — [1][2] is a Nigerian talk show host, entrepreneur, former pageant director and style icon.[3]

Early life

Oshinowo was raised in Ibadan and England, where she attended boarding school. Although she had intended to become an air hostess or a doctor, she studied Politics at the University of Essex. Shortly after obtaining her degree, Oshinowo, who was mentored by former Miss Nigeria Helen Prest-Davies, represented Rivers at the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant and became its first Yoruba winner (she was crowned in December 1990, but reigned in 1991).[4]

Career

After her reign which saw her compete at Miss World, Oshinowo featured in a commercial for Venus cosmetics and hosted a fashion and beauty show on Nigerian television. Her business ventures included an African restaurant and Skin Deep, a health and beauty spa[5] which ran for seven years before it was sold after she decided to create her own range of beauty products for the Nigerian market.[6][7] On January 17, 2010, she released the workout video Nike Oshinowo: Fit, Forty and Fabulous - the first celebrity fitness DVD produced in the country - and is currently working on the beauty products which will include fragrance, skincare, and haircare.[3][8]

In 2010, after a six-year attempt, Oshinowo finally bought the Miss Nigeria franchise from former organisers Daily Times, and became chief executive and creative director of the pageant.[3][9][10] As of 2012, she is no longer in charge,[11][12] but is now working on another pageant in which the winner will regin for a hundred years.[13]

In 2014, Oshinowo launched her talk show Late Night with Nike Oshinowo on AIT.[14]

Personal life

Oshinowo, who is fluent in five languages including Japanese and French, married medical doctor Tunde Soleye in 2006,[15][16] but the couple have now separated.[17] In 2009, the couple were in the news following a lawsuit instituted by Soleye's ex-wife Funmilayo, who claimed that he had been unfaithful with Oshinowo during their marriage.[18] In 2013, she spoke of her struggle with endometriosis which has plagued her since boarding school by age 13,[19] and at the age of 47 she became the mother of twins via surrogacy in America.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Asabi
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  7. ↑ MY HUSBAND IS ADORABLE AND RIDICULOUSLY PATIENT
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  11. ↑ Nike Oshinowo Relinquishes Crown
  12. ↑ All Set For New Miss Nigeria
  13. ↑ I love to conquer — Nike Oshinowo
  14. ↑ Nike Oshinowo’s late night whispering
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ “It is simple and clean, this is not a scandal” – Dr. Soleye confirms split from Nike Oshinowo
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ ‘I thought I was going to die’ – Nike Osinowo
  20. ↑ It’s twins for Nike Oshinowo

External links

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