Who is Bianca Ojukwu?

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Odinakachukwu, Bianca Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (née Onoh) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman. She was born on August 5, 1968. She is the wife of Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the former President of Biafra. Odumegwu-Ojukwu has won several international pageants, including Miss Nigeria 1988 and Miss Africa, and is best recognized for becoming the first African to win Miss Intercontinental.

She was previously a presidential adviser and served as Nigeria's ambassador to Ghana before becoming the country's ambassador to Spain in 2012.

Odumegwu-Ojukwu briefly practiced law after graduating from law school before resigning and spending her time between her house, her cosmetics company, Bianca Blend, and her interior design firm, Mirabella.

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has taken the stage after previously stating her dislike for modeling in interviews.

She also founded Hope House Trust, a non-governmental organization dedicated to rehabilitating juvenile offenders in Enugu.

President Goodluck Jonathan selected her as Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs in 2011, and she was named Nigeria's ambassador to Spain in 2012.

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu was awarded the Certificate of Merit for her efforts in developing effective platforms for constructive engagement between Nigeria and Spain, and The Voice Magazine, Netherlands, named her Africa's Outstanding Ambassador in 2014.

In 2016, the government of Anambra State, Nigeria, presented her with the "Ambassador of Excellence" Award at its Silver Jubilee commemoration.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, the political party formed by her late husband, Dim Chukwu-Ojukwu, and which has ruled Anambra State for more than a decade.

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu was married to Ikemba till his death in 2011, and had three children with him.