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Oluchi Onweagba

Oluchi Onweagba's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Nigerian
Birthday:
August 1, 1980
Born in:
Lagos, Nigeria
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
DNA, Storm
Known for:
My body, my lips
Status:
Sexy girl
Married:
Luca Orlandi
Friends with:
Carmen Kass, Daniela Pestova, Izabel Goulart, Petra Nemcova, Tori Praver

Career

Sports Illustrated, 2007

Aug 1, 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
Aug 1, 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
Nov 12, 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
Feb 21, 2006
Stars as the lead model in GM’s 2007 Cadillac Escalade fashion show, in which she models “Chrome Couture” outfits for the show
Oct 14, 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

Quoted

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

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