By Patricia Uyeh

 has emerged winner of the Mrs. Accolade Nigeria 2016 pageant.

She is a mother of three and married to Pastor David Obiora Okoye.

The new queen is a graduate of History. She also earned an Advanced Diploma in Personnel Management, has a Masters in History and currently running her Ph.D programme at the Benue state University.

Not new in featuring in beauty pageants, Obiora-Okoye had won several other awards that include Miss LAWSAN 2004, Benue State University,‎ 1st Runner- up – Miss Benue 2006, ‎Queen Nassarawa 2008, ‎1st Runner up Queen Nigeria 2008 and 1st Runner up Nwa Ada Igbo 2012‎.

The beauty queen was also crowned the‎ highly prestigious Oriflame Face of Nigeria in 2015, Iconic Queen Mother 2014, ‎Woman on Fire 2015‎ before finally emerging the star winner of‎ Mrs Accolade Nigeria 2016.

The prize is a brand new car, plot of land in Abuja, ‎and cash prize.

With her community service project to Inspire and support the less privileged people all over the country and in her community tagged; “R.E.A.C.H, acronym for ‘Remember that Every Action Can Help” she believes that there’s need for every woman to be more productively involved in contributing to sustainable development in the country.