- Sade Aiyeku
Sade Alexandra Aiyeku (born 1980) is a beauty queen who has held the title
Miss Idaho USA and competed atMiss USA .Aiyeku grew up in
Prescott, Washington . She was student body president during her senior year and attendedWalla Walla Community College through theRunning Start program. She wasvaledictorian of her graduating class. Aiyeku then earned aBachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Albertson College (now theCollege of Idaho ) and then enrolled in law school at theUniversity of Utah . She has held various positions for theSigma Epsilon Sorority and Greek Council.Aiyeku has Nigerian ancestry and her name reflects her father's Yoruba heritage.
At the urging of a family friend, Aiyeku entered the
Miss Idaho USA 2003 pageant, where she was first runner-up to Kimberly Glyn Weible. She was also won the Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic awards. Aiyeku then won the Miss Southwest Idaho title, a preliminary to theMiss Idaho pageant in theMiss America system. She placed in the top ten in the state pageant.In late 2004, Aiyeku again competed in the
Miss Idaho USA pageant and won the crown. She was crowned by previous titleholderKimberly Glyn Weible . Aiyeku then competed at theMiss USA 2005 pageant held inBaltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2006, but failed to place. The pageant was won byChelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Sade graduated from the University of Utah Law School in May, 2006, and was subsequently admitted to the Utah Bar in October, 2006. She currently practices law in Salt Lake City. Aiyeku married fellow attorney, political activist, philanthropist, and love of her life, J.S. Turner in 2006. Mr. and Mrs. Turner both currently practice law in downtown Salt Lake City.
In November 2005, Aiyeku passed on her crown to
Allyson Swan of Twin Falls.References
* [http://www.pageant.com/missusa2005/page3.htm Profile on Pageant.com] (accessed 3 May 2006)
* [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:7dEX1s49lNkJ:www.union-bulletin.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D1%26SubSectionID%3D1%26ArticleID%3D26299+%22Sade+Aiyeku%22+%22miss+idaho+usa%22&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=6 Miss Idaho: Literally the girl next door] , Walla Walla Union-Tribune, 9 April 2005 (accessed 3 May 2006)External links
* [http://idaho.missusa.com Official Miss Idaho USA website]
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