| Birth Name: | Adaeze Stephanie Chinenye Igwe |
| Nationalcompetition: | Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2008 (Winner) |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1990 |
| Height: | NaN173 |
| Hair Color: | Black |
Adaeze Yobo (born Adaeze Stephanie Chinenye Igwe) is a Nigerian dancer and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2008 and represented Nigeria at the Miss World 2008. She is Igbo from Anambra State, southeastern region of Nigeria.[1] [2]
After her secondary education she spent one year at home and gained alot of weight making her Mum to lose interest in her modeling Career.[3] Her mum later got her a trainer and make her work out on the streets of Abuja and motivated her to focus on her dream.[4] Her mum has been her best friend since childhood. her mum was pregnant of her while in Law School but remained focused.[5] Her Mum was a Director in Anambra State Water Corporation. Adaeze has 3 siblings.[6]
She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra State in the MBGN pageant with 29 other girls.[7] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.[8] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.
During her reign, Yobo established her own charity The Adaeze Igwe Foundation, an organisation which promotes AIDS and breast cancer awareness, and raises funds towards similar causes, including malaria and tuberculosis. Its mission was "to create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian youths and communities towards addressing [their] needs and challenges in relation to health and sustainable development."[9] [10] [11] She attended a short course at the New York Film Academy.[12]
Adaeze has alot of things in common with her Mother. First is their love for Football as well as both getting married at an early age.[13] Her marriage to Joseph Yobo a Football player is blessed with a son named Joey.[14]
In 2010, Yobo married former Nigerian international soccer player Joseph Yobo in a midnight ceremony held in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State, Nigeria after a brief courtship, on New Year's Eve in 2010 at the age of 19.[15] [16] Her marriage to Joseph Yobo a Football player is blessed with a son named Joey. Joey celebrated his first Birthday in Turkey with His Friends and Family.[17] They are now the parents of two sons and a daughter.[18] [19]
In 2011, Yobo was ranked 92 in a list of 101 Sexiest Soccer Wives and Girlfriends, as compiled by Bleacher Report.[20]
In 2014, Adaeze was listed as the 4th Most beautiful African Sportsman wife.[21]
Adaeze's Mum got engaged and Married to ex - Nigerian's Soccer Star John Fashanu. She now bares his name.[22]