Flashback to the historic moment in 2001 when 18-year-old Agbani Darego from Rivers State became the first African woman to win the Miss World crown.
Crowned in Sun City, South Africa, after dazzling judges and beating 93 contestants from around the globe, the Kalabari beauty didn’t just take the title she shattered decades of Eurocentric beauty standards and opened doors for dark-skinned African queens on the global stage.
Agbani’s win was iconic in Nigeria and across Black Africa because it was the first time a dark-skinned African queen from sub-Saharan roots took the global crown.
How old were you when this happened?
The way ishowspeed exposed the level of degradation in Nigeria.
Especially after seeing videos from Benin republic today, I am truly ashamed. Nigerians are too comfortable in this rot.