OLUCHI ONWEAGBA

                                                                OLUCHI ONWEAGBA

Oluchi onweagba is a nigerian model born on august 1,1982. when oluchi was 17 years old , she won the "Face of Africa" contest.

She was urged by a family friend to enter into the M-Net "Face of Africa" preliminary screening at the M-Net office in victoria island , lagos . The agency groomed her to be one of the nigeria's entrants for the 1998 competition . With the support of her family and friends , she decided to compete in the inaugural edition of the face of africa in 1998. she won the competition. she was just seventeen years old. Elite model management awarded oluchi a 3-year modeling contract.

After moving to new york city , where she still lives , oluchi graced the covers of italian vogue , i-D , Pop , Elle , untold and surface. she was also featured in Nylon , marie claire , Allure and other national editions of vogue around the world.

Oluchi became the face of campaigns for Gianfranco ferre , gap , Express , Banana republic , and ann tylor.
she is also working for victoria's secret in print walking for seven consecutive years in the annual Victoria's secret fashion show.
she has also worked with top photographers as steven meisel , nick knight , David Lachapelle and patrick demarchelier.

After her three year contract with Elite expired , she signed with DNA model management. A highlight for her career so far was when she was featured in the Sports illustrated swim suit issue four times , from 2005 to 2008.

             Oluchi was married to italian fashion designer Luca orlandi . They have 3-year old son.