Abiola Bashorun

Abiola Bashorun is a Nigerian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2006.

In 2006, eighteen-year-old Bashorun was the surprise winner of the annual pageant.[1] As the reigning queen, Baroshun's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness. She was inspired after losing a friend to the disease; she spent most of her reign organising workshops and seminars to educate Nigerians on the disease. She also represented Nigeria at Miss World 2006.[2][3]

In 2008, Bashorun appeared in a commercial for Motorola. She later went on to study Law in the United Kingdom and later moved back to Nigeria after graduating.[4]

  1. ^ MBGN 2006[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Bella Naija on MBGN 2006
  3. ^ Abiola speaks to The Sun Archived August 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ I’m living my dream Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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