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CHIDIMMA ADETSHINA

Nigeria/South Africa | Entertainment • Pageantry • Cultural Representation

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina is a Nigerian beauty-pageant titleholder whose international visibility became significant during 2024. Born in South Africa to a Nigerian father and Mozambican mother, she represented Nigeria at Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 and subsequently competed at Miss Universe 2024, where she finished as first runner-up. She was also recognized as Miss Universe Africa and Oceania. Her journey attracted considerable international attention and placed questions of African identity, nationality, belonging and representation within the global entertainment and pageantry arena. Her story demonstrates how modern pageantry operates not only as a beauty competition but also as a form of international media, entertainment and cultural representation.

The Nelas Research Focus: Pageantry • African Identity • International Representation

NELAS 100 GREAT WOMEN OF COLOR 1975–2025
HALL OF FAME EDITION
(50-Year Retrospective Research Project)

The Nelas 100 Great Women of Color is a curated research and documentation selection, not a definitive ranking of all Black and African women who have contributed to global entertainment.

The Nelas 100 Great Women of Color 1975–2025 is an international research and documentation project of the Nelas Academy which is an emerging international media, arts and cultural research institution created to celebrate and preserve the contributions of Black and African women in creative arts, entertainment, music, film, modelling, poetry, fashion, pageantry and cultural presentation.

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