Ilebaye
Nigerian criminologist and model (born 2004)
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Ilebaye Precious Odiniya (born 9 May 2004) professionally known as Baye or Gen-Z Baddie, is a Nigerian criminologist, model, actress and television personality.[1][2] She is best known for being the winner of Big Brother Naija season 8.[3][4][5]
9 May 2004
- Baye
- Gen-Z Baddie
- Criminologist
- model
- actress
- television personality
Ilebaye | |
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| Born | Ilebaye Precious Odiniya 9 May 2004 Kogi State, Nigeria |
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| Education | Salem University |
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| Years active | 2022–present |
| Known for | Winner of the Big Brother Naija season 8 |
| Television | Big Brother Naija |
Early life
Ilebaye is from the Igala tribe in Kogi State, She was born and raised in Okpo, Olamaboro local government area in Kogi state.[6][7]
She attended Binta International School, Lagos, which is owned by the movie producer Wale Adenuga, for her secondary school education, where she featured in movies like Papa Ajasco, Super Story and Binta & Friends starting from a young age, and Salem University in Lokoja, where she studied criminology and security studies.[8]
Career
Ilebaye started acting career[9] at a young age, as she played a role in Papa Ajasco and in Nnena and Friends.[10] In 2021, she won the Finest Girl Democracy Nigeria (FGDN) beauty pageant.[7]
Big Brother Naija
Ilebaye entered the 7th season of Big Brother Naija as the fourth housemate on 23 July 2022,[11][12] and she was evicted on the third week.[13]
On 23 July 2023, Ilebaye was introduced as the 13th housemate for the all star season.[14][15][16] During the season finale of the show on 1 October 2023, she was declared the winner,[17][18][19] after scoring 30.08%[20] of the final votes ahead of Mercy Eke with 23.48% of the total votes cast and was entitled to the ₦120 000 000 (one hundred and twenty million naira) cash and other prices, making her the third female to win the show.[21][22]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2022 | Big Brother Naija 7 | Contestant | Evicted on week 3 |
| 2023 | Big Brother Naija 8 | Contestant | Won |