Dabota Lawson is a fashion model, beauty queen, actress, active Instagram blogger, and entrepreneur. This woman definitely knows how to express herself! The famous Nigerian model was born on the 2nd of June 1991. This means that Dabota Lawson age is 26 years old.
The future beauty queen was born in Rivers State, in the family of ten. Her young and teenage years were spent in Nigeria, but at the age of 16, she went to the United Kingdom to pursue a college education and then university degree.
She studied Financial Economics at the University of Leicester, where she got a Bachelors degree. Then, she proceeded to the London School of Business and Finance, she studied Accounting and Business there. Dabota describes herself as “beauty with brains”, and this is true.She actually started expressing interest in modeling when she was five years old, and her passion did not go anywhere over the years. In 2007, she participated in Nigeria’s Top Model contest, where she ended the 9th.
She won Miss Nigeria beauty UK pageant in 2009. After her victory, she did a lot of modeling in runway shows, high fashion events, and various modeling competitions. She also appeared on the covers of some well-known magazines. Dabota is also an entrepreneur, she holds her own event management company called Diamond Inc. together with her three friends. She also owns a cosmetic line called Dabota Cosmetics, which is really popular in Nigeria and offers young women a variety of products. As you can see, Dabota Lawson is a self-made woman who works hard to reach her goal.
In 2014, Dabota got married to the Nigerian billionaire Sunny Aku. They held a lavish wedding in Lagos, at the Sky Terrance Hall. During the first months of their marriage, the couple experienced no major problems. However, the trouble in their union started before they celebrated their first anniversary. In early 2016, Dabota Lawson filed for divorce from her wealthy husband. The reasons, as the media reported, were Sunny Aku’s infidelity: the rumors circulated that he had a lot of other women while being together with Dabota, and even was technically married to one of them.
In court, Dabota announced that his other wife’s name was Elizabeth Chioma Aku. The news about the couple’s divorce shook Nigerian media, as the couple always seemed to be happy in public, and Dabota was enjoying her rich and wealthy life. She even talked about her husband with fondness and care and said that it felt like she has known him for years.
Many people felt sorry for their breakup, but Dabota moved forward on her life. She also denied the accusations about marrying the billionaire because of his wealth, saying that she worked hard to establish her career and had a steady income before getting married to Sunny Aku. During their marriage, she never stopped working either.