Nigerians are full of joy as they took to the internet to celebrate the beauty queens Chidimma Adetshina and Agbani Darego for achieving a historic milestone on the same day, 23 years ago during the Miss Universe Competition.
In the Miss Universe competition, Chidimma Adetshina made the first runner-up. She came second after Miss Denmark, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, who won the 73rd edition of the pageant on November 16, 2024.
Adetshina’s success reminds us also of Agbani Darego’s historic win for Nigeria.
On November 16, 2001, she became the first Black African woman to win the Miss World title at just 18 years old!
That historic feat filled Nigerians with joy as they celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of these two charming beauty queens. They were the only Nigerians to have reached such heights in history at tender ages.
See Readers Comments Below:
@bellasshoots_: “Miss Chidinma will trend more than the Denmark girl😂😂.”
@claraobiageriaku: “Nigeria is so blessed.”
@callme.mamus: “Outstanding beautiful queens’ 😍😍😍. God bless really this nation called Nigeria. Na leaders spoil am.” @ryanezeibe: “
@chichi_vanessa has made us proud. All hail Miss Africa and Oceania.
@southafrica pls stay far away.”
@VivianRora: “We did…. Nigeria massively stood beside her, miss universe felt the energy.”
@TshephoSes: “Most important thing… she no win!”
@JacintaNgobese: “And she never would’ve made it if she wasn’t raised in South Africa.”