The former beauty Queen , Ambassador of Nigeria to Spain as well as the wife of late Igbo leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu went down memory lane on her Facebook page when she shared a rare picture of the iconic dress she wore to an event decades ago which also caused a stir and made front page news on almost all the National dailies when she wore it to the Nigeria Music Awards hosted by PMAN. It was widely referred to at the time, as ‘the dress that launched a thousand ships’…

THE DRESS THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS….

Clothes are extremely powerful tools. They can evoke memories of special moments in our lives. This white and gold full length Wayne Clark inspired ensemble is one of such. This was my showstopping appearance for the official launch event in the USA of the fragrance called ‘CAESAR’S WOMAN’ over three decades ago. This fragrance, created by Caesars Palace/Caesars World, Las Vegas, was designed to evoke the elegance and luxury of life in Ancient Rome.

It was the Eighties, the decade of excess. The launch party for the introduction of this Perfume was lavish and glamorous. the scents were brought into the expansive arena in a chariot led by models clad as Roman gladiators, soldiers and goddesses. To add to the razzmatazz the organizers intended to turn loose 25 doves whose wings were dipped in the fragrance in order to envelop the atmosphere in the luxurious fragrance (which apparently was how the Romans were said to have freshened the air), But regrettably, the doves refused to fly on the day of the launch😅!

This Dress ultimately became my future husband’s favorite dress of my entire collection. He said it evoked fantasies of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy and Mona Lisa all rolled into one. Incidentally, He specially requested that I wear the outfit again when I accompanied him a couple of years later to the Nigeria Music Awards, Nigeria’s equivalent of the American Grammys at that time, organized by Sir Tony Okoroji’s PMAN. It caused quite a stir!
He loved it so much, infact, that that he commissioned a series of Giaconda themed portraits of me in this ensemble with which he adorned the reception areas of our various homes.

Flash forward to Today, this Fragrance has been discontinued but the memory of this dress that launched a thousand ships still lingers!

Beautiful woman.
Back In the days when Beauty queens were truly Queens.

She looks so regal, classy and composed, with aristocratic features. Like a goddess unlike the type parading themselves as beauty queens from the pageants that are obtainable these days.

Ojukwu chop better thing sha

The lady is still young, looking like under 20. Ojukwu married a girl of his granddaughter age.

Richtaiwo:
The lady is still young. Ojukwu married a girl of his granddaughter age.

E pain you so. Taking panadol for somebody headache

This woman fine, no be small.

Jaquar456:


E pain you so. Taking panadol for somebody headache

Pain ke? Wetin concern me? You don't just start screaming pain up and down. Look at the situation to see if it can cause pain. Wetin concern me with a dead man not to talk of pain.

Damn...she looks like a goddess! So beautiful!

Never mind a thousand ships....she looks good enough to raise the Titanic!

Richtaiwo:
The lady is still young, looking like under 20. Ojukwu married a girl of his granddaughter age.

Are you jealous? ojukwu don chop life move ahead oh, remain you.

Chop you never see to chop, oya move ahead na . . . . Wahala

PROUDIGBO:
Damn...she looks like a goddess! So beautiful!

Never mind a thousand ships....she looks good enough to raise the Titanic!

Watched the movie Titanic. Loved it.

Bianca sure looks great. She’s also highly accomplished unlike many of these beauty without substance babes.

She is a beauty queen, a Lawyer with masters degree, a CEO of several business including her own beauty brand, also heading her husband’s political party APGA, A former presidential adviser, Ambassador to Ghana and later to Spain, UN Tourism Perm Rep and Truth and Reconciliation Commission secretary, not to mention others.

I love women with Beauty and Brains.

PROUDIGBO:
Damn...she looks like a goddess! So beautiful!

Never mind a thousand ships....she looks good enough to raise the Titanic!

In those days when queens were truly queens

PROUDIGBO:
Damn...she looks like a goddess! So beautiful!

Never mind a thousand ships....she looks good enough to raise the Titanic!

GODDESS

If Ojukwu papa no get that kind money, he can't marry that woman bcus he's not handsome

Rexymania:
If Ojukwu papa no get that kind money, he can't marry that woman bcus he's not handsome

Ojukwu himself was rich

He did real business in Ivory Coast

tishbite43:

Ojukwu himself was rich

He did real business in Ivory Coast

Yes but was ugly.

She followed him for the fame

See them. Chop chop chop. Lazy youths.

Rexymania:
If Ojukwu papa no get that kind money, he can't marry that woman bcus he's not handsome

Is handsome the only reason that women marry men?

She slayed in her time, right now she’s still slaying

She will effortlessly beat these instagram baddies in a beauty contest, even tho she has aged but her beauty and body still pristine

Women's no.1 priority in choosing a mate is financial stability any other thing -6 packs, handsomeness etc are secondary.

Compare Regina Daniels 'ancient of days' husband (Ned Nwoko) to his agemate former boyfriend: one had the looks, but the other had the bag. Na who she follow las-las?

Rexymania:
If Ojukwu papa no get that kind money, he can't marry that woman bcus he's not handsome

moupe:


Is handsome the only reason that women marry men?

Only? At least it's part of it

PROUDIGBO:
Damn...she looks like a goddess! So beautiful!

Never mind a thousand ships....she looks good enough to raise the Titanic!

Right on point!

Richtaiwo:
The lady is still young, looking like under 20. Ojukwu married a girl of his granddaughter age.

Bianca had already read Law in London and come back,then married Ojukwu many years after.
Stop capping lubbish

Queen Cleopatra must have looked like this