I know every single fashion/entertainment blog is going to put up these pics, I hate being redundant so usually I wouldnt put them up but I really loved the pics and I'm very proud of Oluchi so I decided to put them up anyway.Here is the full set of photos from Oluchi's 3rd Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue feature and thats a huge deal in the modelling industry.
Check them out along with a brief Q & A and a copy of her playlist. I luv that she has 2Face on there.
FAB.
***I put up the pics as thumbnails on purpose, there is no nudity but they are suggestive so you might want to avoid clicking them at work***
Pop Culture Q&A
First album you bought?
I honestly do not remember the first album I bought, I think it was Sade.
First concert you attended?
The first concert I attended was Fela Kuti concert in my home country of Nigeria.
Rock star that you know?
None.
Rock star you want to know?
Bono.
Gnarls Barkley is...
A musician.
Britney Spears is...
An All-American pop star and a mother.
K-Fed is...
Would that be Britney's ex?
When I sing karaoke...
I smile, laugh and make fun of myself because I sound really bad even when I know the song but I love it anyway.
Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
Wyclef Jean's Don't Want to Lose Your Love.
Song that makes you cry?
Wyclef Jean's Don't Want to Lose Your Love. That song elicits a range of emotions for me.
What you wanted to be at age 10?
I wanted to be problem solver for my family.
Athlete that you want to know?
Soccer player Jay Jay Okocha, who plays for Qatar SC.
I'll spend Valentine's Day...
At the SI Swimsuit party but if I wasn't I would spend Valentine's Day waking up to fifty long red roses from my man, exchanging texts and sharing loving memorable thoughts all through the day, dinner at night and all night long. Bella Says: Sounds hectic LMAO!
What attracts you to a man?
The fact that they are opposite sex. Bella says: umm ok...!
AGE: 24. Bella Says: This is clearly a mistake from SI cause her DOB is August 1, 1980
BORN: Lagos, Nigeria
DISCOVERED: Oluchi was discovered by a modeling scout at the age of 17 while selling bread on the streets of Lagos. Shortly thereafter she moved to New York City to begin her modeling career.
SI RÉSUMÉ: This is Oluchi's third appearance (2005, 2006, 2007) in the Swimsuit Issue.
DID YOU KNOW? At 17 Oluchi won the inaugural Face of Africa contest sponsored by a South African TV network. The prize: a three-year contract with Elite. In Igbo, a language spoken in Oluchi's native Nigeria, her first name means "work of God." Her father was a civil servant, and her mother was a nurse.
BORN: Lagos, Nigeria
DISCOVERED: Oluchi was discovered by a modeling scout at the age of 17 while selling bread on the streets of Lagos. Shortly thereafter she moved to New York City to begin her modeling career.
SI RÉSUMÉ: This is Oluchi's third appearance (2005, 2006, 2007) in the Swimsuit Issue.
DID YOU KNOW? At 17 Oluchi won the inaugural Face of Africa contest sponsored by a South African TV network. The prize: a three-year contract with Elite. In Igbo, a language spoken in Oluchi's native Nigeria, her first name means "work of God." Her father was a civil servant, and her mother was a nurse.
Playlist
Can't Stop Loving You - Phil Collins
White Ladder - David Gray
Babylon - David Gray
Irreplaceable - Beyonce
Locked up - Akon
Wanna Love You - Akon
Hello - Lionel Richie
African Queen - 2Face Idibia
One Love - 2Face Idibia
Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Tonight - Wyclef Jean
Can't Stop Loving You - Phil Collins
White Ladder - David Gray
Babylon - David Gray
Irreplaceable - Beyonce
Locked up - Akon
Wanna Love You - Akon
Hello - Lionel Richie
African Queen - 2Face Idibia
One Love - 2Face Idibia
Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Tonight - Wyclef Jean
In other news, Luca Luca Guy Drops $3.345 M. in Gramercy
Forty-two-year-old Luca Orlandi, the celebrity-friendly founder of Luca Luca, will have a nice new nest to feather now that his fall line has finished exhibiting at Fashion Week.
According to city records, the designer has bought a duplex penthouse co-op at the Gramercy House at 22nd Street and Second Avenue for $3.345 million.
In August 2005, Mr. Orlandi married the Nigerian-born supermodel Oluchi Onweagba; recently, his firm moved its offices from above the store to an office building closer to Bryant Park.
That's it. For more on the SI Swimsuit Issue, Click HERE
Forty-two-year-old Luca Orlandi, the celebrity-friendly founder of Luca Luca, will have a nice new nest to feather now that his fall line has finished exhibiting at Fashion Week.
According to city records, the designer has bought a duplex penthouse co-op at the Gramercy House at 22nd Street and Second Avenue for $3.345 million.
In August 2005, Mr. Orlandi married the Nigerian-born supermodel Oluchi Onweagba; recently, his firm moved its offices from above the store to an office building closer to Bryant Park.
That's it. For more on the SI Swimsuit Issue, Click HERE
Feels Good 2 B Home & Naijagal also blogged about it.
HOT or NOT? SEXY or TACKY?
Let us know what you think. I'm going back to bed. Ciao!
Please give us your vals day gist as well!
UPDATE
Thanks anonymous!!!!
Banke Meshida and Olanrewaju Lawal's wedding website - HERE
Wedding was last weekend - I saw the pics (Cant put the link up tho) - Beautiful!
49 comments:
Nice I saw the pics on naijagals site earlier I think they are hot
She's looking S-M-A-S-H-I-N-G!!!!
Lmao @ as far as the person is a guy, she is attracted!!!......LoL
they could have at least creamed her elbows a bit - ah ah - what is this now.
Beyond hot.
Hmmm Nice to read about Oluchi always wanted a lil insight to her for some reason. Until reading Bella I never really read anything about her! Thanks Bella:) She looking good to me... but i get this urge to want to feed her!!... she needs a lil food just a lil
Those boobs and legs!!! Hmmmmm....
I wonder, those fake azz 50 pounds boobs and chicken legs! Is this modeling or girls-gone-wild pics?!!! Poor Naija girl; dis Oyimbo people gonna experiment on her skinny azz..her Italian husband must be enjoying this freak show!
Its so hard to believe she was discovered hawking bread. Life is something else....
Honestly not impressed with her pictures though I give her mad props for her modelling career and how far she has gone with it. Kudos.
Hi Bella, I am proud of Oluchi
These photos are not as flattering nor exciting as the Sports Illustrated Beyonce photos and swimsuits from House of Dereon. My favourite swimsuit being the orange one.
hmm I aspire to take much better shots than that. I only like the one where she is sitting on the circular chairs at the bar/counter. Some of them are plain odd like the one where she is squatting over a guitar..what is that all about?
AHn Ahn..Oluchi is lookin quite bunz oh!...hmm..did she get a boob job???..lol..dont mind me..im just hating...
I'm digging it all jare.. She's rawking it.. Okay I have to be defender here. ya'll talking eeeuish about the shots.. I bet you wouldn't feel the least bit comfortable in swimsuit if it were you (as per NAIJA). talkless of having the whole world see it...and the guys complaining I know ya'll will kill your sisters if they even take one bikinish shot. PROPS JARE OLUCHI! YOU LOOKED GOOD IN THEM ALL.
Oluchi is a hottie!!! If we could all look so good in a bikini! Oh my gosh.. valentines day was HOT!!! My first one ever(at least the first one i celebrated)... where do i start... rose abi na dinner abi na champagne 'baths'... lol... lemme just keep it pg-13 and say 'it was great'.. lol.. hope urs was too bella.
Hmm.. i just watched her si video.. dang she talks weird! is it a naija accent... european? american... she 'warbles' her words... I don't know.. i'm going to watch it again and come to my conclusion.. lol.
I heard that the story about her being discovered while she was hawking bread is a lie. Just like the modeling world lied about Iman's discovery.
bella get well soon!
I like that she embraces her naija roots.
i do agree with you, overwhelmed naija babe, oluchi talks funny, i dont get that accent
awwww thought she was preggers from the first pic.
From hawking bread to living in a $3.34 million dollar house....omo, now that is what i call a classic rags to riches story. Oluchi Onweagba (abi na wetin be im last name) na you biko......may fortune smile on us too o.
As per the pic.....errrrr....they were "aight".....I will have to go with Icy on this one though, it takes a lot of guts to model a swimsuit. So she deserves some mad props for letting it all hang out...gon' with your bad self babez, i ain't mad at you....omo, you are too bonz!!!
Now on some "gbeborun" scoop....bella i thought i read somewhere that she was pregnant??? me i no carry my eyes see the bele o
Proud of Oluchi. She's done very well and good that she has not been involved in any scandals.
Banke Meshida's wedding website...
Bankeandlanre.com
I love Oluchi to death. I hate the SI swimsuit edition..Victorias Secret Catalogue has better pictures; I think Bey's cover is meh! and so are most of these pics..They dont do the two gorgeous women justice but realistically speaking their audience is mostly male and I doubt their audience will notice.
She is freakin HOT!!!
She's gorgeous. She looks absolutely stunning!!
...off to check the wedding website
I don't she got a boob job, I think she just finished maturing. And it's not like she went from a negative AA cup to a G, haba, na the growth hormones in american milk and italian cheese that helped her bosom grow.
Bella don come again oooooh! thanks girl...i jus trust u sha
those pictures are ok sha...i've seen better.
Tho this is a good career move for her and i am happy for her cos she is doing big...but hmmmm thos pictures be one kind. All i see na bones and conspicuous boobs everywhere. we've seen Tyra, Naomi Campbell and even Beyonce's SI shots...they ddidn't look so ...er...trashy! Yes i said it call me a a hater but i swear i love oluchi and i am proud she is repping us big tyme but co'mon y;all we've seen better. too scrawny, too bony too ordinary, to ANTM-ish (those kinda pictures would have gotten most models eliminiated from ANTM)....not all that.
Now is she really 24? abi dem don go Nnewi General hospital go obtain "new and improved" birth safitikate? bbhwahhahahha...LOL! i know her friends and they at least 27 yrs old and up. I'm jsut saying oh.
Yeah those pics are okay and yes she is about 27 'cos I happen to know that her immediate elder sis. is 29. One of my pals good friend.But you know in this there modelling game, the younger one is , the more sought after...But she is a cool girl though, very humble
And anyways...happy new year and happy valentine's day to everyone
She's gergeous...Very hot looking eh! Wedding website looks chaotic!!
thanks for the shout-out Bella!
Woww she looks fab.....nice one...
Hey Check ur email xx
this woman is HAWT!!!! damn!
i'll be back.
[rushing into the cold cold shower]
how lean is she??? awesome stuff!!!
yes O...she so got a boob job! some pics were HOT and others flat out tacky! Bella...have u got any idea where the shoot took place? The house in the last shot looks oh so familiar! it looks like Elvis Presley's house in Memphis...dunno! just thot to put that out there. anyone know?
i think, she had a boob job its very obvious , the pics are alright, abit atnm-ish , like angela said. I am proud of her though
I am not impressed with the wedding site and banke and her man look good together
Is it just me, or is there something just a bit wrong in these photos? Oluchi herself is a hot babe no doubt, and the swim wear is cool. But the background setting in the pics are wrong, the make-up is just there and some of the poses are ridiculous.
Is it me or does this Banke chik sound a little vain....
1) Her breasts are real
2) At least she's representing Naija
3) Stop hating yall!!!
stating yone's opinion doesnt necesasry mean one is hating
Up Nigeria!
You can't beg to differ these days without being tagged "hater"
let's agree to disagree jare. She is a super model and some of us simply expected more that these average shots! kapish?
You gave Oluchi a human face for me. I knew very little about her.
I'mno groupie but that Ovie Mughelli is HOT. And the fact he is Nigerian adds points, big time. I will drive to baltimore and .... leme not get into all that. On the other hand, Oluhi's body is sick! I will be heading to the gym tomorrow morning thanks to her inspiration!
Oluchi looks fantastic and I hope her career continues to fluorish. At least something positive about Nigeria exists in the world besides 419 and phishing scams. She's out there making it happen and you losers are here complaining about her boobs/shots/ etc. She doesn't even know you exist, hahaha.... get out and make your own dreams happen forum fools!!!
She hasn't forgotten her roots and that's why i love her, she is also giving back to the society that raised her, She volunteers her time and her image for such NGOs as LEAP Africa (an entrepreneurship incubator) and NIPRO. her first son's name, Ugochukwu shows how strong and proud she is attached to the Nigerian culture. Somebody needs to talk to our popular Musician, "Seal", he can never be a British, no matter hard he tries and claims.
I wish I was that thin! She is a GORGEOUS African-Igbo woman!!! Congratulations to her and her husband, who so happens to be white. I know I have no business getting into the details of their lives. I'm just glad that she maintains a website... and it's AMAZING! Go to Oluchi.com for more!
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