Ibife Eugene Alufohai (born 29 August 1986) is a Nigerian model, philanthropist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Valentine International 2010. She is the founder of Miss Polo International.

Early life and education

Alufohai is from

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. She was born in

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, and is the last out of seven children of her parents. Her family moved a lot due to her father's job as a military officer, moving from

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, Rivers State. From 1993 to 1997 she had her primary education, and secondary education at Tantua International Group of Schools from 1997 to 2003. In 2003, she went to Madonna University, Okija for her university education and proceeded to

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, Rivers State in 2008, where she graduated in 2012 with a degree in

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. After her university education, she did her

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at Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa,

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, where she practiced as a psychologist and as an operator to ECG from 2013 to 2014.

Pageantry

Miss Valentine International 2010

In 2010, Alufohai was crowned the winner of the 2010 edition of Miss Valentine International.

Miss Polo International

In 2018, Alufohai started Miss Polo International. On 28 August 2018, the first edition was held in

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, Nigeria. On 14 September 2019, the second edition was held in

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, United Arab Emirates.

Personal life

Alufohai is married with a daughter. As part of her philanthropy, she started Polo International Relief Foundation (PIRF). This not-for-profit platform helps to coordinate resources to assist the less privileged people across the world to ensure they have access to quality education.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alufohai, Ibife People from Rivers State Living people 1986 births Nigerian beauty pageant winners Nigerian philanthropists Madonna University, Nigeria alumni