Chinenye Ochuba-Akinlade

Chinenye Ochuba-AkinladeListen^ⓘ is a Nigerian model and ex beauty pageant.

Early life

Ochuba-Akinlade is the seventh of eight children and also a twin. She is an Igbo. She won the 2002 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant while awaiting admission into university. Despite being a favourite for the Miss Universe 2002 crown, she failed to make the top ten, but fared better at Miss World, where she was a top ten finalist, as well as the African Continental Queen of Beauty. Her reign was a scandal free one.

Education

She had her secondary education at Regan Memorial Secondary School. After her reign left her Computer Science at University of Lagos. She studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Greenwich London.

Career

She was the Second Best for Miss Universe Pageant in Puerto Rico and Miss World.

Personal life

Formerly a student at the University of Lagos, Ochuba-Akinlade completed her degree in accounting and financing at the University of Greenwich, London in 2008, graduating with a second class upper. She returned to Nigeria, where she married businessman AdeKunle Tajudeen Akinlade, and worked for ExxonMobil. Ochuba-Akinlade now has two children. He is from Agosasa in Ipokia of Idiroko Ogun State. He is the first born of a family of nine. His Mum died in 1997 and his Dad is a retired Army Officer. He studied Political Science in University of Lagos. He has a 6year old from his previous relationship with Temilade. They met at Lagos in 2004