Another Crown for Anambra: Soludo’s wife rejoices over Basil’s victory as Miss Universe Nigeria

Wife of the governor of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo has rejoiced over the victory of Onyinye Basil in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2025 pageant.

Basil who competed as Anambra contestant was named Miss Universe Nigeria in the 2025 competition and is expected to compete with beauty queens across the world for the Miss Universe crown later in the year. She will then be representing Nigeria on global stage.

Celebrating her in a social media post, Mrs Soludo described her victory as another crown for Anambra. She said: “Our own Onyinyechi Basil has just been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2025!

“The Anambra-born beauty queen, who was among the 22 finalists revealed for the competition in August, made it all the way to the final five, edging out other strong contestants to take the revered crown.

“For winning the contest, Onyinyechi will — among other great rewards — represent Nigeria at 74th Miss Universe pageant taking place in Bangkok, Thailand in November.

“Onyinyechi is Anambra’s brand of courage and excellence. Our home is blessed with countless talents and great achievers who are blazing the trail in diverse areas of life. Our talent export is a spectacular one. And I’m super glad that each national and global success story has Anambra’s ingenuity on it.

“Congratulations, my dearest Onyinyechi. Our support and prayers are with you to conquer the world in November. God bless the Queen,” Mrs Soludo wrote.