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Pop Culture Q&A
First album you bought? I honestly do not remember the first album I bought, I think it was Sade.
First concert you attended? The first concert I attended was Fela Kuti concert in my home country of Nigeria.
Rock star that you know? None.
Rock star you want to know? Bono.
Gnarls Barkley is... A musician.
Britney Spears is... An All-American pop star and a mother.
K-Fed is... Would that be Britney's ex?
When I sing karaoke... I smile, laugh and make fun of myself because I sound really bad even when I know the song but I love it anyway.
Song that reminds you of your first kiss? Wyclef Jean's Don't Want to Lose Your Love.
Song that makes you cry? Wyclef Jean's Don't Want to Lose Your Love. That song elicits a range of emotions for me.
What you wanted to be at age 10? I wanted to be problem solver for my family.
Athlete that you want to know? Soccer player Jay Jay Okocha, who plays for Qatar SC.
I'll spend Valentine's Day... At the SI Swimsuit party but if I wasn't I would spend Valentine's Day waking up to fifty long red roses from my man, exchanging texts and sharing loving memorable thoughts all through the day, dinner at night and all night long.
What attracts you to a man? The fact that they are opposite sex.
AGE: 24
BORN: Lagos, Nigeria
DISCOVERED: Oluchi was discovered by a modeling scout at the age of 17 while selling bread on the streets of Lagos. Shortly thereafter she moved to New York City to begin her modeling career.
SI RÉSUMÉ: This is Oluchi's third appearance (2005, 2006) in the Swimsuit Issue.
DID YOU KNOW? At 17 Oluchi won the inaugural Face of Africa contest sponsored by a South African TV network. The prize: a three-year contract with Elite. In Igbo, a language spoken in Oluchi's native Nigeria, her first name means "work of God." Her father was a civil servant, and her mother was a nurse.
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