Adaeze Yobo

Adaeze Yobolisten^ⓘ(born Adaeze Stephanie Chinenye Igwe) is a Nigerian dancer and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2008 and represented Nigeria at the Miss World 2008. She is Igbo from Anambra State, southeastern region of Nigeria.^[1][2]

After her secondary education she spent one year at home and gained a lot of weight making her mother to lose interest in her modeling career.^[3] Her mother later got her a trainer and made her work out on the streets of Abuja and motivated her to focus on Her dream.^[4] Her mother has been her best friend since childhood. Her mother was pregnant of her while in law school but remained focused.^[5] Her mother was a director in Anambra State Water Corporation. Adaeze has three siblings.^[6]

She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra State in the MBGN pageant with 29 other girls.^[7] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.^[8] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.

During her reign, Yobo established her own charity The Adaeze Igwe Foundation, an organization which promotes AIDS and breast cancer awareness, and raises funds towards similar causes, including malaria and tuberculosis. Its mission was "to create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian youths and communities towards addressing [their] needs and challenges in relation to health and sustainable development." ^[9][10][11] She attended a short course at the New York Film Academy.^[12]

Adaeze tiene muchas cosas en común con su madre. Primero, su amor por el fútbol y el hecho de que ambas se casaron a una edad temprana. ^{[ 13 ]} Su matrimonio con Joseph Yobo, jugador de fútbol, ​​fue bendecido con un hijo llamado Joey. ^{[ 14 ]}

En 2010, Yobo se casó con el exfutbolista internacional nigeriano Joseph Yobo en una ceremonia a medianoche celebrada en Jos , la capital del estado de Plateau, Nigeria, tras un breve noviazgo, en la víspera de Año Nuevo de 2010, a la edad de 19 años. ^{[ 15 ] [ 16 ]} Su matrimonio con Joseph Yobo, futbolista, fue bendecido con un hijo llamado Joey. ^{[ 14 ]} Joey celebró su primer cumpleaños en Turquía con sus amigos y familiares. ^{[ 17 ]} Ahora son padres de dos hijos y una hija. ^{[ 18 ] [ 19 ]}

En 2011, Yobo ocupó el puesto 92 en una lista de las 101 esposas y novias de futbolistas más sexys, según la compilación de Bleacher Report . ^{[ 20 ]}

En 2014, Adaeze fue catalogada como la cuarta esposa de deportista africano más bella. ^{[ 21 ]}

La madre de Adaeze se comprometió y se casó con el exfutbolista nigeriano John Fashanu. Ahora lleva su apellido. ^{[ 22 ]}

• Sitio web de MBGN
• Adaeze Yobo, la esposa africana más bella deportista.
• Entrevista a Adaze Igwe
• Adaze es la reina - Rhythm FM
• Adaeze Igwe se casa con Joseph Yobo.