FIRST-EVER MISS NIGERIA CLOCKS 90 YEARS OLD

The first-ever winner of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant, Grace Atinuke Oyelude has celebrated her 90th birthday on 16th November 2021. Information Guide Nigeria

OSG reports that the ex-beauty queen, Oyelude was born in 1931 in Kano and was working at UAC when she represented the then Northern region.

She was crowned Miss Nigeria in 1957 after contesting with over 200 Nigerian ladies using her mother’s Aso Oke.

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In an interview, Oyelude revealed that her brother who was a broadcaster saw the advertisements for the pageant in the papers and entered her for the competition in Lagos without her knowledge though she was still residing in Kano at that time.

According to her, as the winner of the pageantry, she received 200 Pounds prize money and a return ticket to London for two weeks where she gained admission into the school of nursing, Ashford Kent, England, and became a state registered nurse in 1961.

OSG reports that she enrolled at the school of midwifery, St. Thomas Hospital, London, and qualified as a state registered midwife SCM in 1962.

According to OSG, she attended the Royal College of Nursing, England in 1971, obtained a Diploma in Nursing and Hospital Administration, and obtained another diploma from Ghana Institute of Management and Personnel Administration in 1976.

It could be recalled that Miss Nigeria started in 1957 as a photo contest. Contestants uploaded their photographs on Daily Times headquarters in Lagos. Jamb Result

Successful finalists who were shortlisted were invited to compete in the live final at the Lagos Island Club.

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