REGINA ASKIA : AGELESS BEAUTY, BRILLIANT ACHIEVER.

Born Imaobong Regina Askia Usoro, in  1967 in Lagos, Nigeria, Reggie (as her close friends call her) has come a long way. The brilliant beauty with brains and brawn has no doubt paid her dues as a beauty queen, a model, an actress,, and now an American based registered nurse, health and social activist, an entrepreneur, a writer, TV producer, movie maker, radio host and public speaker. She is proudly the CEO of Olympia Daycare, Regine Promotions, Regine Fashions, Trinity Ventures among others. 

Her journey to fame started in 1988 while studying Medicine at the University of Lagos, and was crowned Miss Unilag. Still in 1988, she competed in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant which led her towards representing Nigeria at Miss Charm International, held in Leningrad, Russia where she was the first runner up.  Following that, she represented Nigeria at the Miss International held in Osaka Japan. She afterwards began her modelling career, which made her grace a lot of magazine covers, and TV commercials in Nigeria. Her most famous appearances were Visine by Pfizer, Kessingsheen Hair Care, Collectibles Clothing Line, 2000-N-Six Face Cleansing Range, which she did alongside her daughter, Stephanie Hornecker also a model.

In her kitty are lofty projects like her 2005 fashion show at the Nigerian Embassy in New York City to raise awareness for the plight of children's social amenities in Nigeria, her 2006 charity fashion show at Lehman College in  Bronx, New York, which displayed the creations of top African designers as well as her own label, Regine Fashions. Her most outstanding awards are her year 2000 'Best Actress in Nigeria' award by Afro Hollywood, London and her 2007 award by the Celebrating African Motherhood Organization (CAM) Washington, D.C. 

She is presently gearing up for her 2013 Recognition Award by the Organisers of Diamond Special Recognition Awards Worldwide, a UK based global awards company that goes from country to country celebrating notable and outstanding personalities.

Regina is married with beautiful children.