Rosemary Nkem Okeke is former Miss Nigeria between 1984/85. She is the first beauty queen Nigeria ever had. After her reign, she ventured into fashion and tourism, which she had passion for. That led her into active politics, as she was appointed Special Adviser /Imo State Liaison Officer, Abuja. Thereafter, she was sent to Lagos as Imo State Liaison Officer where is presently serving. In this interview, she spoke on her life, beauty pageant experience, fashion and how she joined politics.
How was your growing up like?
My dad was one of the senior officers working in the palm plantation research as head of the agronomy division of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research. NIFOR is one conservative place out of town. But they had everything that they needed, and that was the kind of place that I grew up and I guess that is part of what forms my person then and now. I would say I grew up in a very loving family, though parents were quite strict. As children, we…
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