Rosemary Nkemdilim Okeke emerged as Miss Nigeria between 1984 and 1985.
The former Senior Special Assistant to the Imo State governor in charge of the Abuja Liaison office of the state has revealed that she was not really prepared for the pageant when she won it.
Rosemary, who described herself as a conservative person in an interview with The Nation said her emergence as a beauty queen was more of a coincidence.
“That was between 1984 and 1985. Should I call it a coincidence? I didn’t set out to go for any beauty contest.” she said.
“I have always been a very shy person. I had this gentleman, Ben Olaiya, who was running a modelling agency.
“He was the one that encouraged me. He just called me one day and said look, I think you should do this. Actually, it was not for Miss Nigeria; it was for Miss Africa, a different pageant.”
Rosemary proceeded to the zonal finals before emerging Miss Nigeria.
