Chinenye Ochuba-Akinlade is a Nigerian model and beauty pageant titleholder.
Early Life
Ochuba-Akinlade is the seventh of eight children and also a twin. She is an Igbo. She won the 2002 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant while awaiting admission into university.[1] Despite being a favourite for the Miss Universe 2002 crown, she failed to make the top ten, but fared better at Miss World, where she was a top ten finalist, as well as the African Continental Queen of Beauty.[2] Her reign was a scandal free one.
Education
She had her secondary education at Regan Memorial Secondary School. After her reign left her Computer Science at University of Lagos.[3] She studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Greenwich London.[4]
Career
she was the Second Best for Miss Universe Pageant in Puerto Rico and Miss World.[5]
Personal life
Formerly a student at the University of Lagos, Ochuba-Akinlade completed her degree in accounting and financing at the University of Greenwich, London in 2008, graduating with a second class upper.[6] She returned to Nigeria, where she married businessman AdeKunle Tajudeen Akinlade, and worked for ExxonMobil. Ochuba-Akinlade now has two children.[7] He is from Agosasa in Ipokia of Idiroko Ogun State. He is the first born of a family of nine.[8] His Mum died in 1997 and his Dad is a retired Army Officer. He studied Political Science in University of Lagos. He has a 6year old from his previous relationship with Temilade. They met at Lagos in 2004[9]
