| Veso Golden Oke | |
| Birth Place: | Nigeria |
| Citizenship: | |
| Occupation: | Model, Actress, Activist, entrepreneur |
Veso Golden Oke (born 1993/1994) is a Nigerian trans rights activist, model, make-up artist and hairstylist.[1] [2] In 2019, she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in a beauty pageant in Africa.[3] [4]
Oke was born to a Nigerian father and a Ghanaian mother. She was raised Anglican.
As a child, Oke was feminine and felt that she was a woman; she never identified as a gay man. She has recalled that at age 8, she used to pray she would wake up in a girl's body. At age 14, she learned online about transgender identity and came to terms with her own identity. Although initially when she came out her family thought "the devil had taken over her," her parents soon became supportive.
In 2014, Oke left Nigeria and moved to Ghana. There, she began working as a model and mentor to models in Accra.[5]
In August 2019, Oke competed in Miss Europe Continental, a beauty pageant being held in Ghana.[6]
By 2018 Oke was on HRT.