Omasan Buwa

**Omasan Tokunbo Maxine Buwa** (ma bí egba kochu ẹ́kegwẹ nólu ogwu nyọ mebía efú ọdọ 1965) í chí oma Naijẹria kía chukolo ejuebí , manyú edukola dudufu kpaí í chí ẹne kí Cha ajofa ,owń chi ẹne ku du ọnu é í  Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1987.efu chanàá í Cha achukolo abí e abílewa añí , ẹdawnña ojí TV ,úyí ugbo kí ma hí újawǹu ,akpí actrés kpaí ẹne kía dufu enu TV ẹgba duduuuu kia show *The Amazons*.

## Early life
Ma che bí Buwa efí ewo amenefu Paddington,kí dí London, amáá abú kí mí do‘ma ọdọ mebía í mu dakubí tí Nigeria kpaí íya-wn , akonawǹ kpaí  Nigerian Airways' ìchẹ.agbojí yé akona alu ma hí újawǹu . Ílo túyí kocha yé ẹdọ megwẹ́gí kí chí  Government College, Ikorodu ye kí du ñà efí‘be éfu wñ kía gbí -ótíkada ya díbẹtí , kpaí  track and field sports, kpaì í chí ẹle úyí kocha yé í University of Maiduguri kí kocha English Language.dabí ya abílẹ́wa ogàna àbí lẹwa  Pandora agency, Buwa kí Cha achí ùkolo dísíaní àbí lẹwa kpayí  Dakova kpaí  Labanella, kpaí edawǹ tunór uwǹ  agencies amewn kí chí Insight Communication kpaí  Rosabel.

## Pageantry
In 1987, Buwa competed in Miss Nigeria and lost to Stella Okoye, but won the second edition of Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, representing Warri. Her coronation was marred by protests from the audience who favoured first runner-up Niki Onuaguluchi who had flown in from Los Angeles to compete in the pageant. The judges defended their decision on grounds that Onuaguluchi, whose height was a mere  5'6", stood a lesser chance than her taller rivals at the forthcoming Miss Intercontinental. Buwa, on her part, accused her runner-up of rallying supporters to cheer her to victory.

During her reign, critics unfavourably described Buwa as unconventional and tomboyish, yet she still represented Nigeria at Miss Intercontinental 1987 where she reached the top 5, and at Miss Universe, and Miss World the following year before returning to the University of Maiduguri. However, the institution's predominantly Muslim authorities expelled her due to her participation in pageants which they described as immoral. In 1989, Buwa co-hosted the Miss Intercontinental pageant held in Lagos.

## Career
After her reign, Buwa purchased a jazz/restaurant in Lagos, and established an aesthetics and cosmetology business. She also opened the modelling agency, "Queens LT",  with fashion designer Funmi Ajila. As an actress, Buwa took the lead in the movie *Scattered Pictures*, and the soap operas *Memories* and *Ripples*. She also worked as the host of weekend breakfast television program *Morning Ride* broadcast on NTA 2 Channel 5, and appeared in regular segments on BEN Television, London. Buwa later moved to New York where she worked as a make-up artist, with clients including Naomi Campbell and Mary J. Blige.

Buwa - who later acquired a Law degree from the University of North London -  was subsequently employed as an attorney and a social worker for special needs children whilst working part-time as a model in Ohio and writing for *The Diasporan Star*, an American-based Nigerian magazine. She also wrote the column "Generation Max" for *Whispaz Magazine*. In 2009, Buwa returned to Nigeria where the Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, supported her programme "Rise" which helped meet the needs of people with disabilities. She has appeared on socio-political radio programs and has written for magazines. She also created an entity called "Maximillia 3", which mentors young people interested in a career in the media and discourages abuse of young women in the beauty pageant industry.

## Personal life
Buwa has a daughter and twin sons with her ex-husband, and is of the opinion that she is still in search of a better man. Buwa's sons have helped expand her programme with the subsidiary "Rise 2".

## See also
* Banke Meshida Lawal
* Joy Adenuga

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