The petite actress, popular amongst Yoruba movie lovers, started as an
actor in English/Igbo movies. She joined the industry in 1997, after
she was introduced to Keppy Ekpeyong by Bimbo Akintola . She featured
in the movie, Satanic along with Foluke Daramola and other acts.
She got married in 1999 and presently has two kids, Festus, 13 and
Priscsilla, 12. She has since featured in over 50 movies and produced
a few including the recently premiered, Arinzo .
Today is the 30th birthday of the leggy model and ex-beauty queen,
Agbani Darego . Born Ibiagbanidokikubo Asenite Darego , she rose to
fame after winning the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant in 2001.
This got her a ticket to represent Nigeria in the Miss Universe in
Puerto Rico where she came seventh. November of the same year, Darego
did Nigeria and Africa proud by winning the highly coveted Miss World
pageant. She's the first-ever black-African Miss World. Since her
hand-over in 2002, Darego has continued with modelling, signing up as
the face of L'Oreal cosmetics and an ambassador of Arik Airline . She
is also signed with popular modelling agency,