Toyin Lawani
Toyin Ajoke Muyinat Lawani-Adebayo, popularly known as Toyin Lawani, is a Nigerian celebrity, fashion designer, author, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur. She is CEO of Tiannahs Place Empire, a group compromising 33 businesses. Lawani also served as a costume designer on King of Boys: The Return of the King and Shanty Town.
Also recorded as Tiannah · Toyin Ajoke Muyinat Lawani-Adebayo
Toyin Lawani
- Born
- 1982 · Lekki.
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- fashion designer · entrepreneur · reality television participant
- Education
- University of Lagos · Fashion District
- Languages
- English · Yoruba · Nigerian Pidgin
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Toyin Ajoke Muyinat Lawani-Adebayo, popularly known as Toyin Lawani, is a Nigerian celebrity, fashion designer, author, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur. She is CEO of Tiannahs Place Empire, a group compromising 33 businesses. Lawani also served as a costume designer on King of Boys: The Return of the King and Shanty Town.
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Tiannah's Empire, a reality television show that focused on her life was produced and distributed by EbonyLife Studio. She featured in the TV show, The Real Housewives of Lagos released on Showmax in 2022.
Toyin Lawani, born on March 1, 1982, is a self-taught fashion stylist and designer renowned for her unconventional and often controversial fashion style. She gained prominence after showcasing her clothing collections at Africa Fashion Week London in 2013. She subsequently showcased her collections at Africa Fashion Week Nigeria and featured as a judge on the Nigeria's Next Top Designer reality television series. She is also Youth Ambassador for the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Lawani revealed that she was raped by her uncle at 15. In 2022, she announced the loss of her fourth pregnancy.
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The Real Housewives of Lagos.
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• Year — Award — Category — Result — Ref. • 2020 — Nigerian Achievers Awards — Top 20 'Under 40' Entrepreneur/Game changer
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- 1.Toyin Lawani: “My passion fuels me and my Kids inspire everything I do.”. Her Network. 1 March 2022.
- 2.Izuzu, Chibumga. Toyin Lawani's reality series is surprisingly not the worst thing on TV. Pulse Nigeria. 8 May 2017.
- 3.Augoye, Jayne. Real Housewives of Lagos cast unveiled. Premium Times. 17 March 2022.
- 4.Iyabo Ojo, Toyin Lawani, others debut as Real Housewives of Lagos. The Punch. 19 March 2022.
- 5.Onikoyi, Ayo. I was raped by my uncle at 15 — Toyin Lawani. Vanguard. 12 August 2022.
- 6.Celebrity stylist, Toyin Lawani, announces miscarriage. The Punch. 9 August 2022.
- 7.Achievers Awards for Fani Kayode, Toyin Lawani, others. The Sun.
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