Anita Queen Uwagbale is a Nigerian

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woman and beauty pageant titleholder.

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-native Uwagbale spent most of her early years in

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until she gained admission into

Madonna University Madonna University is a private Catholic university in Livonia, Michigan, United States. It was founded as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Junior College by the Felician Sisters in 1937. It became Madonna College in 1947 and Mado ...

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...

to study

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. As an undergraduate, Uwagbale was crowned

Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria – often abbreviated as MBGN – was a Beauty contest, pageant organised by Silverbird Group with the main purpose of sending representatives to international competitions. Originally known as Miss Universe ...

2004, enabling her to take part in

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and

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later in the year. At

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Uwagbale placed among the top 15 semi-finalists and was named African Continental Queen of Beauty. As MBGN, Uwagbale's platform was

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. From 2008 to 2018, Uwagbale was married to businessman Tom Iseghohi, whom she met halfway through her reign as MBGN. Following a registry ceremony in America, the couple hosted a society wedding in

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

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shareholders, but the charges were dropped. Uwagbale continued to study in America while running her businesses which include motherhood retail chain ''The Baby Store''. In May 2011, Uwagbale's baby store opened in the Chase Mall, along Ademola Adetokunbo street,

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, Lagos, Nigeria.EX-BEAUTY QUEEN-ANITA ISEGHOHI OPENS BABY STORE; MaestroMedia; 5 May 2011.

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Anita Wedding Day Feature
1985 births Living people Miss Universe 2004 contestants Miss World 2004 delegates Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winners Models from Lagos Edo people Madonna University, Nigeria alumni {{Nigeria-business-bio-stub