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Omotola, Stephanie Linus, Linda Ikeji, others make list of 30 Most Beautiful African Women of the Decade

Saturday, January 04, 2020 at 8:40 AM by Sola Sanusi

As the year 2019 ended a decade, various organisations and individuals have come up with a series of things that happened in the old decade as 2020 herald the beginning of a new one.

Beauty they say lies in the eye of the beholder and, as such, Style Rave has compiled a list of 30 beauties they believe are the most beautiful African women of the decade.

Style Rave has compiled a list of 30 most beautiful African women of the decade and five Nigerian celebrity women made it to the RaveList.

The list includes African women living in Africa and those living abroad, like Black Panther actress Danai Gurira.

The Nigerians on the list are Linda Ikeji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Stephanie Okereke Linus, Yvonne Okoro and Osas Ighodaro.

Here is the full list of the 30 most beautiful African women of the decade:

1. Jacqueline Mengi: 40-year-old singer furniture designer (Tanzania)

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2. Liya Kebede: 41-year-old model, actress, fashion design and maternal health advocate (Ethiopia)

3. Linda Ikeji: 39-year-old blogger, entrepreneur (Nigeria)

4. Adut Akechj: 19-year-old model (South Sudanese)

5. Nomzamo Mbatha: 29-year-old actress, businesswoman, TV personality, human right activist (South Africa)

6. Iman: 64-year-old model, entrepreneur, actress (Somalia)

7. Stephanie Okereke Linus: 37-year-old actress, movie director (Nigeria)

8. Gelila Bekele: 32-year-old model, author, photographer, filmmaker, activist (Ethiopia)

9. Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde: 41-year-old actress (Nigeria)

10. Uyanda Mbuli: 41-year-old fashion designer, actress, marketer (South Africa)

11. Hend Sabri: 40-year-old actress, lawyer (Tunisia)

12. Joselyn Dumas: 39-year-old actress (Ghana)

13. Basetsana Kumalo: 45-year-old businesswoman (South Africa)

14. Yvonne Okoro: 35-year-old actress (Nigeria)

15. Juliet Ibrahim: 33-year-old actress, producer, singer, (Ghana)

16. Jokate Mwegelo:32-year-old politician, media personality, entrepreneur (Tanzania)

17. Bonang Matheba: 32-year-old radio personality, businesswoman, model (South Africa)

18. Osas Ighodaro: 36-year-old actress (Nigeria)

19. Yvonne Nelson: 34-year-old actress, producer and entrepreneur (Ghana)

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20. Yasmine Sabri: 32-year-old actress (Egypt)

21. Thando Thabethe: 29-year-old radio DJ, actress (South Africa)

22. Danai Gurira: 41-year-old actress (Zimbabwe)

23. Stephanie Tum: 32-year-old actress, model (Cameroon)

24. Connie Ferguson: 49-year-old actress, model, presenter, producer (South Africa)

25. Terry Pheto: 39-year-old actress (South Africa)

26. Anitah Fabiola: 25-year-old actress, event host, tourism ambassador (Uganda)

27. Tara Emad: 26-year-old actress (Egypt)

28. Carol Bouwer: 45-year-old TV presenter, producer (South Africa)

29. Sonia Rolland: 39-year-old actress, model (Rwanda)

30. Halima Aden: 22-year-old model (Somalia)

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In a similar report, Legit.ng reported that former US first lady, Michelle Obama, was voted as the most admired woman in the world for the second time running.

She surpassed the current US president, Donald Trump, and his first lady, Melania Trump, in the 2019 Gallup’s annual poll.