Anita Iseghohi is a Nigerian business

Business

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woman.

Edo

Edo State

Edo State is an inland state in central southern Nigeria. Its capital is Benin City. It is bounded in the north and east by Kogi State, in the south by Delta State and in the west by Ondo State.-History:...

-native Iseghohi spent most of her early years in Lagos

Lagos

Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

 until she gained admission into Madonna University, Port Harcourt to study Accountancy

Accountancy

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. As an undergraduate, Iseghohi was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria

Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria

The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant originally began as Miss Universe Nigeria in 1983, and was created by Silverbird Group. It was later re-named Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 1986. Winners represent Nigeria in Miss World and, until recently, Miss Universe – currently, only the...

 2004, enabling her to take part in Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 and Miss World

Miss World

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 later in the year. Although a contender for the crown, Iseghohi failed to make the top ten; however she was named African Continental Queen of Beauty. As MBGN, Iseghohi's projects included activism against environmental pollution

Pollution

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Iseghohi is married to businessman Tom Iseghohi, who she met halfway through her reign as MBGN. Following a registry ceremony in America, the couple had a society wedding in Lagos

Lagos

Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

 in 2008, and are now the parents of two sons. In 2009, he was accused of embezzling from NITEL

NITEL

Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, or NITEL, is the principal telecommunications company in Nigeria, and was owned by the government of Nigeria until it was sold to Mtel by the Bureau of Public Enterprises...

shareholders; the charges were later dropped.

Iseghohi continues to study in America while working at her businesses which include motherhood retail chain The Baby Store.