She attended the International School Ibadan for her advanced levels and Obafemi Awolowo University for her undergraduate studies in Law prior to her pageantry.
After she was crowned Miss Nigeria at the age of 19 in 1979, she represented Nigeria at the Miss World pageant and furthered her education at King's College London, earning an LLM.
She was also active as a columnist in the 1990s.
She is currently the CEO of Media Business Company.
She is the granddaughter of Nigerian politician Arthur Prest.