Seasoned Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima who clocked 43 today, January, 13, 2017 is an ex-beauty pageant and event manager. She is a former President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria.
Stargist.com presents you with a biography on Ibinabo Fiberesima.
Read below;
Early Life
Fiberesima was born to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Ibinabo began her education when she enrolled as a student at the Y.M.C.A Play Centre, Port Harcourt before she proceeded with her secondary school education at Federal Government Girls College, New Bussa, Niger State. She holds a Bachelor of Arts certificate in English Language and Literature which she obtained from the University of Ibadan.
Career
Pageantry
Ibinabo participated in the 1991 edition of the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant. She was named as the first runner-up to winner Bibiana Ohio and first runner-up at the Miss NUGA competition held at the University of Calabar.
In 1992, she competed in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant for the first time, where she placed as the second runner-up. In 1997, she competed and emerged first runner-up of the 1997 edition of Miss Nigeria. She was also second runner-up for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 1998.
Acting
Ibinabo made her debut as a film actress in the movie, ‘Most Wanted’ and has since went on to star in several Nigerian films.
Awards & Nominations
She won the Miss Wonderland contest in 1990.Ibinabo Fiberesima was honored with the African Woman of Worth Award at the 6th edition of the Africa Women in Leadership Conference (AWLC) in 2014.
Controversy
In 2009, Ibinabo was charged for manslaughter and reckless driving after she accidentally killed a certain Giwa Suraj in 2006. On March 16, 2016, Ibinabo was sacked as President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and sentenced to a 5-year jail term by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. She was however granted bail in the sum of ₦2 million and two sureties in like sum on April 7, 2016 by a Court of Appeal in Lagos pending the determination of her appeal at the Supreme Court.
On her 43rd birthday in 2017, she announced the dissolution of her 2-year old marriage in a post on Instagram.
Ibinabo wrote; ‘ the pain of a dissolution of a bond I hoped to keep with a life time partner and the re-emergence of singleness.’
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