Precious Okoye | |
Birth Name: | Precious Onyinye Okoye |
Birth Date: | 1995 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
Education: | University of Lagos |
Haircolour: | Black |
Eyecolour: | Brown |
Competitions: | Miss Polo Nigeria Miss Polo International (Top 5) Miss Earth Nigeria 2018 Miss Africa 2022 |
Precious Okoye (born 17 February 1995) is a Nigerian model and entrepreneur, she is an beauty pageant titleholder and the winner of the Miss Africa 2022.[1]
She started modelling in 2013 in Lagos. In 2017, she won the face of Black Opal Nigeria.[2] [3]
She was crowned the winner and queen of the 2019 edition of the Miss Polo Nigeria held in Lagos, Nigeria on the 24th July, 2019.[4] The pageantry drew 35 contestants each representing each state in Nigeria.[5] [6]
Precious represented Nigeria at the Miss Polo International 2019 edition, held on 14 September 2019 at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Dubai, where she won the Miss Polo Africa title[7] and placed top 5.[8] 23 delegates and models from other countries contested in the pageantry.[9]
She participated as the Nigerian delegate in the Miss Africa pageant held in Calabar, Cross River State.[10] The competition featured 17 contestants from various African nations. She won and became the first Nigerian to win the Miss Africa Pageant.[11] [12]