Entrepreneur/Pastor’s Wife/Former Beauty Queen Ibidun Ighodalo Covers TW Magazine’s “Beyond Beauty” April Issue
Posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at 6:20 PMBy Damilare Aiki
What a refreshing Magazine cover to look at. One of Nigeria’s leading lifestyle magazine – TW has got us all in awe as the ever gracious and pretty former beauty queen turned entrepreneur – Ibidun Ighodalo is every touch of perfection on the cover of their April “Beyond Beauty” Issue.
The lovely Ibidun who is happily married to Pastor Ituah Ighodalo (Senior Pastor of Trinity House Church) reveals exclusively to TW never before heard details about her role as a beauty queen, her marriage and how faith helps her keep everything in balance.
Nigerian-German music act Ade Bantu also features in the magazine as the Celebrity of the Month. He talks to TW about how music for him is more than just the fame, bling and cars. He also gives an insight into how he tries to give back through various community projects in Ajegunle and Port Harcourt.
This month’s Special Report pages features 4 amazing Nigerian women who have faced and overcome the conventional notions of beauty. They discuss how they have battled personal challenges and have come to embrace their imperfections which makes them more stronger, resilient and truly beautiful everyday.
Just like the issue is tagged Beyond Beauty, Check out some of the photos of their beauty feature.
This issue has hit news stands, ask your vendor for a copy.
Tags: Ade Bantu, Beyond Beauty, Ibidun Ighodalo, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, TW, TW Magazine
Beautiful!
awwwww Ibidun married to my very own Pastor Ituah. WOOHOO. TOO MORSH JOR
She’s gorgeous!!
Hmmm…Her dad said she is “too beautiful to be called an African woman”. *Sigh*
wow…her dad just insulted all of us
Am sorry gimmer my dad didn’t mean it like that
I can’t believe her dad made such ignorant statement. African women are beautiful, we have different features which doesn’t make us less or more African.
Is her dad blonde?
Priceless lol
Ibidun looks different…
Ibidun really looks different on the cover. Wetin happen?
*&^%???
She seems to have lost some weight ( her face shows it), but she is still the classiest Nigerian beauty queen I know.
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too classy. love her.
Really? Her Dad said she was too beautiful to be called an African woman?
Clearly he lost it to make such an unthoughtful remark. There is a proverb that goes something along the lines that not every elder should be called an elder. The entire world wants to be like black people ( i.e lips, buttocks, cheek bones implants, skin tanning etc etc ) but black people self hate is always on display………..lets hope it was bad translation of what he really wanted to express!
she is still as pretty as ever.
Age is coming on Ibidun or is it my eyes??????
She’s not “that” old yet. Guess its just crappy photography! Haba, she fine pass this!
My sentiments exactly! she does look older..still v pretty tho..i guess sometimes status can add age, marrying an older man in a position of some authority..maybe that’s what it is or maybe its the makeup who knows…she is still eye candy tho
I don’t think so o! is because she lost so much weight. It really shows. She’s still beautiful sha.
Beautiful woman…
“She is too good to be called an African woman?????” Meaning what o? African women are not supposed to be beautiful? I mean, realllyy *rolling eyes*
Am sorry jo my dad didn’t mean it like that
Plz what happened to her face….this is not the face of the beauty queen i know from moremi hall…..smh #lookingtooold&different
what the hell happened to ibidun ajayi’s face in the mag, nahhh i refuse to believe that gaunt face is hers… she used to be a beauty omg!
she’s pretty! but why is she almost naked in some pictures?
i thought the married to pastor thing was supposed to come with extra decency. but ill just assume she tied wrapper or something.
@lil what do u mean by dt, she is not d one on d last 2pics.
But must we find a Fault?
These pastors do not walk by faith when choosing wives o!
They walk by sight.
It is well.
Lmao. Pastor had one eye open during prayer
@ lil she’s not ”almost naked”. The extra pictures you see are models and not her.
And @ Gidi, Please dont call somebody’s father a blonde, its so RUDE of you. He’s entitled to his opinion haba.
@Lola, take it easy. I can’t call someone’s father blonde but i can call someone’s mother or their sister? Is that not sexism? I am a man but an advocate of gender equality.
@Gidi We are all flesh afterall. LOL. You know the kind of temptations pastors go through from sisters seeking counselling. They need an extra beautiful wife at home o! *runs away
Better run very far
Her father say she was too beautiful to be an African Queen??? Because she had Chinese eyes??? He should have shipped her off to China then- at least it could help to reduce our population. True, she may be beautiful and the wife of a pastor but after reading this ridiculous interview, I am happy to inform others that she comes across as a complete airhead
I agree. Even if her father made such an ignorant remark, having served as a beauty que
I agree. Even if her father made such an ignorant remark, having served as an African beauty queen and being exposed perhaps more than her dad, I expect better.
BTW: Chinese eyes? Please! Many Chinese people have surgery to acquire actual eyelids and enlarge their tiny eyes and I say that as fact, not judgment. Trust a typical Nigerian to somehow make that an exotic feature.
Isn’t It sin enuf to marry an extra beautiful woman as a wife?
These pictures don’t do her justice at all. She’s much prettier than this in the flesh. Her Dad’s comment is a big insult to the woman who gave birth to her; her mum and his wife!
Ibidun should have left out the portion about her Dad calling her ‘kokoye’
people need to learn what to say in interviews. if her dad make such a statement, does she have to report that in the interview? except she has it imprinted in her head and feels the same way. i know she was somewhat arrogant in uni(cos she was sooooo gorgeous) but i attributed it to being shy at the time.
she’s not aging well at all. ibidun is tops 30, mayb not even up to and all her lines are clearly visible. if its the stress of work pls take it easy, money is not everything.
wish her well and hope the cry of a baby will be heard soon. bless…
hmmm….one minute you are praising her looks and the next you are mentioning her not having a baby..how does that affect the progress of your own life? are u looking for a nanny job? lol!..i will cut u some slack that the statement hopefully came from a good place…lets focus on the blessings we have and leave the ones we dont have to baba God..
Critics!critics! critics! the less we criticize the better our lives will be o!!!!#Thatisallihv2say#
My dear, if there were no critics, there would be no enlightenment and we would still be in the Stone Ages.
That your argument is very lame. Criticism has nothing on the quality of your life. How do you judge the quality of lives of folks you have never met?
God she looks too old for her gae, and shes gaunt. Shes is in her early 30′s. What happened? REally love her simple beauty.
She sure does look different, I think she tried to loose some weight. But she was much better with a fuller face. This look gives the impression that she is not well. I concur with the others that she’s got an elegant sense of style ans she always looks graceful. its so effortless. However, We know that African women fine die, she just happens to be one out of a zillion of them.
Erhmm- isn’t kokoye what we call people of spanish decent- How did Chinese come into it?! I think her general belief is that she looks exotic and she was trying to convey that in the interview but it really sounded shallow!
Some parents should be flogged for the kind of ideals they imprint on their children’s mind. As a parent myself, I am re-addressing all the ‘loose talk’in my life!
Pls, what kind of women had her dad been meeting prior to Ibidun’s arrival in his life as a daughter? Cos if he reckoned she was too beautiful to be called an African woman, then i wonder what his wife (her mum), his mother, sisters and all the women he’d met at one point or another must have looked like. And i agree with others on this blog who stated that she needs to learn to be discreet and choose what to reveal, instead of thinking she’d score points with her dad’s opinion of her looks. @ Ready,…. exactly jare. Chinese/Koreans etc are busy having double eyelid surgery to change the slanting features of their eyes, and he reckons its beautiful?? Hmmmn,… anyway, bottomline is ‘to each man, his own’.
@Gidi you have a good sense of humour, lol @ your first comment. Anyway she certainly looks different to me though!
Oops, meant second!
She looks totally different from the other magazines I’ve seen her in. Even if her dad said that, does she have to repeat it. I have small slanted eyes, long wavy hair people literally ask me all the time if I’m mixed, NO, both parent are yoruba. Nigerians come in different diverse beauty features,. I am so disappointed in that statement, so she’s implying she’s too beautiful to be Nigerian. Africans kill me with their ignorance. Sigh.
No dear she’s not. She’s only reminiscing about her late father and the pet name he gave her
i think Ibidun is a very beautiful woman who has aged gracefully , what do u expect that she still looks 18 when she is 30 and above. na wa oo, some ppl r jes talking abt the lines on her face as if it iz a crime to get old now. she no wan inject herself with botox,werin come happen??
I don’t think her dad meant it as a derogatory remark about african women. Guess he was just trying to say how beautiful she is in her eyes. I find it so funny when i read comments on bella naija. Y are some people so critical and so quick to judge. smh
Ibidun is such a lovely person. Not in any way arrogant. I guess the “kokoye” part didnt come out right. Wish her all the best.
I think her dad was just commenting that she looks exotic. I guess transliteration brought about the confusing statement. We are enttled to our opinion. Don’t some parents call their beautiful daughters queen Elizabeth?
abi o
True talk moi. She certainly looks too thin and old on that cover thanks to bad photoshop effects
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So its pays to be a pastor’s wife afterall? God bless you my dear!
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wow! she looks like a 40yr old woman in the cover picture and she’s just 30, at most 31!! I know because she was a year behind me in high school and I used to braid her long hair for Inter-house sports….. I don’t wanna believe she’s aged this much (pro’ly just bad photography/editing)
Goshhhh! her dad is late, and from the interview you can tell she cherishes every word/statement/sentence he told her before he passed on (who wouldn’t?). what’s the big deal about saying that to his child? don’t we all get remarks like that from our boyfriends/dad/loved ones. Disgusted at how rude these comments are..totally disgusted
This is ibidunni, I am really sorry bout the statement ,I apologise to all , am really sorry it wasn’t meant to degrade or insult us women , so not like me …….am just reading this post would have replied a while back . Thank you and God bless
Love you dearie…you are even so humble to render so many apologies.Guess what you wanted to say didn’t come out quite right or the way you intended.Just dont worry,people must talk…
Hello Ibidun
I hope & pray that you read this and find it encouraging…you don’t need to reply any negative comments made about you – the stress is not worth it!
Your friends do not require an explanation and your enemies will never believe you – i read that somewhere.
You can’t win with press interviews as it will (usually) offend someone..Billy Graham, the evangelist learned this hard lesson and refused to grant interviews to the secular press after an interview at the early stage of his ministry, almost cost him his ministry.
Forget all these comments.
however, be graceful and avoid the press as much as you can. What are you covering a mag for by the way? you’re already popular , so lie low lady. A wise woman will do so.
Otunla, my thougthts exactly. Ibidunnni, do avoid the press until your joy is full. i trust money is not an issue but in Brno Czech IVF/ICSI is cheaper , not so far from home – an hour plus from Ldn, u hardly see blacks there and they give you an option to choose gender of the child if you want. Science has advanced, faith without works is dead. use all info, monay and all to see you get that child that you and your hubby deserves. the next time i see you on a cover it should be with a baby. Amen.