Chinenye Akinlade

Who is Chinenye Akinlade?

Chinenye Akinlade is a former beauty queen.

Chinenye is the seventh of eight children and also a twin. Following completion of her secondary education at Regan Memorial Secondary School, she won the 2002 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant while awaiting admission into university. Despite being a favourite for the Miss Universe 2002 crown, she failed to make the top ten, but fared better at Miss World, where she was a top ten finalist, as well as the African Continental Queen of Beauty.

Formerly a student at the University of Lagos, Chinenye completed her degree in Accounting and Financing at the University of Greenwich, London in 2008, graduating with a second class upper. She returned to Nigeria, where she married businessman Kunle Akinlade, and worked for oil company Exxon Mobil. Chinenye now has two children.