That moment when a Pastor's Wife won a Beauty Contest

Mrs. Onyinye Obiora-Okoye has emerged winner of the Mrs. Accolade Nigeria 2016 pageant.

A mother of three, she is married to Pastor David Obiora Okoye.

A graduate of History, she also earned an Advanced Diploma in Personnel Management, another Masters in History and currently running her PhD at the Benue state University.

Not new in featuring in beauty pageants, Obiora-Okoye had won several other awards that include Miss LAWSAN 2004, Benue State University,‎ 1st Runner- up – Miss Benue 2006, ‎Queen Nassarawa 2008, ‎1st Runner up Queen Nigeria 2008 and1st Runner up Nwa Ada Igbo 2012‎. 

The ex- beauty queen was also crowned the‎ highly prestigious Oriflame Face of Nigeria in 2015, Iconic Queen Mother 2014, ‎Woman on Fire 2015‎ before finally emerging the star winner of‎Mrs Accolade Nigeria 2016.

The prize is a brand new car, plot of land in Abuja, ‎and cash prize.

With her community service project to Inspire and support the less privileged people all over the country and in her community tagged; “R.E.A.C.H, acronym for ‘Remember that Every Action Can Help” she believes that there’s need for every woman to be more productively involved in contributing to sustainable development in the country.