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Oluchi Onweagba

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Nationality: Nigerian
Birthday: August 1, 1980
Born In: Lagos, Nigeria
Lives Now: New York, NY
Agencies: DNA, Storm
Known For: Body, Lips
Status: Sexy girl
Friends: Petra Nemcova, Carmen Kass, Daniela Pestova, Izabel Goulart, Tori Praver
Married: Luca Orlandi (since 2005)

Quoted

“I think I reflect a lot of African beauty. I am African. And I am beautiful.”
—AskMen.com

Oluchi Onweagba's Career Highlights

1 AUG, 1980: Born in Lagos, Nigeria

1998: Wins the M-NET (an African television station) Face of Africa competition and a $150,000 contract with Elite Model Management

1998: Debuts on the runway for Marc Bouwer

1998: Selected as the new face of Nars Cosmetics by Francoise Nars

1998: Returns to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the second season of M-NET's Face of Africa

AUG 1998: Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel

SEP 1998: Walks the runways for Chanel, Christian Dior, Gucci, and Tommy Hilfiger in Paris, Milan, and New York

1999: Lands a contract with Gap, appearing in print ads and billboards

1999: Steven Meisel photographs Onweagba for a Vogue spread

2000: Appears on the fall cover of British Surface

JAN 2001: Walks the fall Christian Dior couture show in Paris

1 AUG, 2001: Celebrates her 21st birthday at New York’s Bungalow 8 with model friends including Carmen Kass and Frederique van der Waal

FEB 2002: Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

AUG 2003: Returns to South Africa to walk in Cape Town’s first official Fashion Week

2004: Signs cosmetics contract with CoverGirl

MAR 2004: Walks the fall John Galliano show in Paris

2004: Models for Bergdorf Goodman catalog

2004: Models for Victoria’s Secret catalog

SEP 2004: Walks the fall Kenneth Cole and Tommy Hilfiger shows in New York

2004: Appears in print ads for Lancôme

12 NOV, 2004: Plays the girlfriend of a thug in the film After the Sunset

AUG 2005: Marries designer Luca Orlandi (of Luca Luca) in St. Barts

FEB 2006: Featured in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

21 FEB, 2006: Stars as the lead model in GM’s 2007 Cadillac Escalade fashion show, in which she models “Chrome Couture” outfits for the show

14 OCT, 2007: Travels to Nigeria for a benefit concert, with the Black Eyed Peas

FEB 2008: Featured in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

2008: Sebastian Faena photographs Onweagba for the fall cover of POP

DEC 2008: Appears in two editorials for Vogue

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