Oluchi Onweagba: Nigerian Supermodel

Wednesday, January 20, 2010


 OLUCHI @ 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Oluchi Onweagba, a Nigerian model, was born August 1, 1982. She is 6'1 feet tall and her shoe size is 9. Oluchi won the "Face Of Africa" contest at the age of 16. She is happily married to Luca Orlandi, an Italian fashion designer.




Elite Model Management awarded Onweagba a three-year modeling contract when she was seventeen years old. She signed modeling contract with DNA Model Management after her three-year contract with Elite lapsed.




Career


She was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue four times, from 2005 to 2008.


She has graced the covers of ELLE, Italian Vogue, i-D, Surface, and Untold. She became the face of campaigns for Banana Republic, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Ann Taylor, and as Express, well as working for Gianfranco Ferré.






In 2008, she launched OModel Africa, a modeling agency in South Africa. OModel Africa has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Oluchi's modeling outfit awarded $50,000 modeling contract with Kate Tachie-Menson, the 2008 winner of M-Net Face of Africa.




OLUCHI released her 03 Pro Fitness VCD/DVD in Nigeria and other African countries on January 19, 2010.



 
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