Anna Banner | |
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Born | Anna Ebiere Banner 18 February 1995 (age 28)[1] |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Awards | Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2013 |
Anna Ebiere Banner (born 18 February 1995) is a Nigerian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2013[2]) by 2012 MBGN Isabella Ayuk and represented Nigeria at the Miss World 2013 pageant. She was appointed as the Special Assistant on Culture and Tourism to Governor Henry Dickson upon her reign as Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) in 2012.[3] In 2014, she made her acting debut in Super Story.[4]
Personal life
In 2014, she started a relationship with the famous Nigerian singer and songwriter Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour. Banner, aged 20, became pregnant with Flavour's child, giving birth to a girl, Sofia Okoli, on August 1, 2015 [5]
By 2016, Banner had cut ties with Flavour, alleging that the singer was cheating with former girlfriend and baby mama, Sandra Okagbue. Sandra is also a former beauty queen.[6]
While Banner and Flavour currently maintain a cordial co-parenting relationship,[7] she has since come out to recount her many experiences raising her daughter. She had dropped out of Middlesex University, UAE as she couldn't cope with studying and being a mother at nineteen. She also noted that her parents were disappointed in her for getting pregnant out of wedlock. On February 1, 2021, she posted on her Instagram page how she struggled for years and almost took her own life.[8] She is now dating Abdullahi Ahmed Osikhena Sa’ad.[9]
References
- ↑ "Happy 19th Anna Ebiere Banner! Inside MBGN World 2013′s Intimate Celebration in Lagos". bellanaija.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ "18yr old Anna Ebiere Banner crowned Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2013 and becomes Special Assistant to Bayelsa State Governor". GossipBoyz.com.ng. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ "Dickson appoints MBGN winner Ebiere Banner Culture and Tourism adviser". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ "MBGN 2013 Anna Ebiere Banner to Make Acting Debut in "Super Story"". bellanaija.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ "Why Singer Flavour LOVE TRIANGLE with Anna Banner & Sandra Okagbue Is So Strong?". africanglitz.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Flavour welcomes son with first babymama". Vanguard News. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "I'm still in love with Flavour –Anna Banner". Punch Newspapers. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Former beauty queen Anna Banner recounts years of struggle with depression, says she was suicidal at some point". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ↑ Ukonu, Ivory; THEWILL (19 December 2021). "Anna Ebiere Banner Elevated From Side Chic to Main Girlfriend". Retrieved 22 July 2022.