Veso Golden Oke
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Veso Golden Oke | |
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 Veso Golden after being crowned Marchioness Global at Miss Trans Global 2020. | |
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| Occupations | Model, Actress, Activist, entrepreneur |
Veso Golden Oke (born March 3, 1994) is a Nigerian transgender model, make-up artist and hairstylist.[2][3] In 2019, she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in a beauty pageant in Africa.[4][5][6] Then, she was crowned Miss Start International on October 15, 2023, in Santana Susanna, Barcelona, Spain.[7]
Oke was born to a Nigerian father and a Ghanaian mother.[6] She was raised Anglican.[6]
As a child, Oke was feminine and has always felt that she was a woman; never identifying as a gay man.[1] She has recalled that at age 8, she used to pray she would wake up in a girl's body.[3] At age 14, she learned online about transgender identity and came to terms with her own identity.[6] Although initially when she came out her family thought "the devil had taken over her," her parents soon became supportive.[6][1]