Collette Nwadike is a Nigerian model, beauty queen and Nollywood actress. She represented Nigeria in the Exquisite Face of the Universe Pageant in Sao Tome and emerged winner, becoming the first African to do so. In 2014 she was the winner of Miss Tourism Nigeria. One month after her victory on a courtesy visit, she was appointed S.A to the Governor of Anambra State Chief Willie Obiano. She is a representative of the Miss Tourism Nigeria brand.
Collette was born on 6 April 1991 to Mr. & Mrs. Simon and Angelina Nwadike in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, north-central region of Nigeria. She has five sisters and a brother, and she is the last daughter and second to last child. Although a native of Nise in Awka-South Local Government Area of Anambra State, southeastern region of Nigeria, Nwadike grew up in Makurdi in the middle belt of Nigeria, where she did her primary and junior secondary education before moving to Lagos to complete her senior secondary school.
In an interview with Nwadike, she said: "As a young girl growing up, I was always seeing myself as a [beauty] queen when I was three. I kept on looking up to people like Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Regina Askia-Williams. I saw how beautiful they were and how glamorous they looked. I thought of being like these people someday! This is a dream I've had for a long time. And it's like I'm living my dreams now." Even as a child she had the ambition of becoming a beauty queen; she was called princess among family and friends. She was inspired in 2001 after watching Agbani Darego,.
| Date of Birth | 6th April 1991 |
|---|---|
| Age | 33 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Birth Place | Makurdi |