Omasan Buwa
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | Omasan Tokurbo Buwa |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1987 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Nigeria 1987 (Finalist) Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1987 (Winner) Miss Intercontinental (Finalist) |
Omasan Tokurbo Buwa (born c. 1965) holds an LLB from the University of North Loudon. She is a [columnist, Socio-Polirical analyst on several popular radio shows and the former Executive Assistant to the governor of Delta State ]. She has also achieved as a model, television presenter, restauranteur and actress.
Buwa was born in Paddington, London, and moved to Nigeria with her mother, an educationist and head of the catering department Nigerian Airways, at the age of seven. She attended Government College, Ikorodu, where she was head of the Literary and Debating society and an athlete, representing her college in track and field events . She later gained admission into the University of Maiduguri to study English, and was on the books of Pandora model agency where she was hired by several designers including Dakova and Labanella. As well as Advertising giant's such as INSIGHT communications and ROSABEL .
In 1986, Buwa competed in Miss Nigeria and lost to Stella Okoye, but achieved greater success when she represented Warri in the second Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant in 1987. Her coronation, ironically, was marred by protests from the audience who favored her first runner up, Niki Onuaguluchi who had flown in from Los Angeles to compete in the pageant. The judges defended their decision on grounds that Niki, who stood at 5'6 did not stand a chance against the taller contestants for the forthcoming Miss Intercontinental pageant. Buwa, on her own part, publicly accused her first runner up of bringing people into the contest to cheer her to victory. As the contest had taken place late in the year, Buwa ruled for most of 1988, but quickly gained a reputation as MBGN's most unconventional winner and was described as a tomboy by the Nigerian press. After representing Nigeria in Miss Universe, Miss Intercontinental, and Miss World in 1988, she returned to the University of Maiduguri but was suspended by the institution's predominantly Muslim authority who were enraged at her decision to compete in a pageant, forcing her to withdraw from her course.
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