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Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina (born 6 June 2001) is a Nigerian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Nigeria 2024. [2] [3] She represented Nigeria at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico and finished as the first runner-up. [4] She was also crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania as the highest ranked African Contestant of 2024.
China: 2002 Trinidad and ... Miss Universe Africa & Oceania Miss Universe Americas Miss Universe Asia Miss Universe Europe & Middle East 2024: Chidimma Adetshina
Won Miss World Africa in 2012; Miss World Top Model in 2012. / St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 1978: 1978 1985–1987 1989 1994 Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 Competed as St. Vincent in 1978. / Suriname: 1961: 1961 1963–1966 1981 2007 2009–2010 2012 Miss Suriname: 0 Swaziland: 1975: 1975 1978–1980 1983–1988 1991–1999 2002 ...
The eventual winner of Miss South Africa, Mia le Roux, pulled out of Miss Universe last week citing an undisclosed medical condition. She was the first deaf woman to become Miss South Africa.
The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned the highest-ever placement for Nigeria. She previously competed at Miss South Africa but withdrew following online attacks on her ...
She represented Uganda at Miss World 2018 in China and was crowned Miss World Africa 2018. [2] At the Miss World 2018 contest, Abenakyo was a winner in the head to head challenge portion of the contest, and she placed in the Top 5 overall. She is the first Ugandan to place this high in this annual pageant.
The 2008 pageant was originally to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, but was relocated to South Africa after a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia. Three countries have achieved back-to-back wins: Sweden in 1951 and 1952, United Kingdom in 1964 and 1965, and India in 1999 and 2000.
In 2011, Miss South Africa Bokang Montjane became the first woman to both compete in all of the Big Four pageants and place in any of them: Miss Earth 2007 (Top 16), Miss International 2009, Miss Universe 2011, and Miss World 2011 (Top 7).