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Miss Nigeria Agbani Darego (R), 18, smiles while being congratulated after being crowned Miss World 2001 pageant at Sun City west of Johannesburg November 16, 2001, the first black African woman to
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Miss Nigeria Agbani Darego, 18, smiles after being crowned Miss World 2001 pageant at Sun City west of Johannesburg November 16, 2001, the first black African woman to take the title. From
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