Nelson Enwerem

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Nelson Enwerem
Prince Nelson Enwerem.jpg
Born
Aba, Abia State, Nigeria
Education University of Calabar
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Mr Nigeria 2018
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Major
competition(s)		 Mister World 2019
(Top 29)

Nelson Enwerem, known professionally as Prince, is a Nigerian actor, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Mr Nigeria 2018. [2] [3] [4] He represented Nigeria at the Mister World 2019 and was placed in the top 26. On 19 July 2020, he entered as the number three contestant in the Big Brother Naija season 5 and finished in ninth place. [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Enwerem was born and raised in Aba, Abia State. He went to Government College Umuahia for his secondary school education before preceding to University of Calabar where he studied pure physics. [7] [8] [4] While in the university, Enwerem contested and won Face of University Nigeria 2016. [9]

Career

Mr Nigeria 2018

In 2018, Enwerem competed and won the title of Mr Nigeria 2018 competition that was held on 28 October 2018 at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. He also won Most Talented contestant in the competition. [10] [11] Afterwards, Enwerem earned the right to represent Nigeria at Mister World 2019. [12]

Mister World 2019

Enwerem represented Nigeria at the Mister World 2019 that was held on 23 August 2019 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He was placed in the top 29 and was placed in the top 5 best talents in the competition, winning the talent award of being the best in graceful contemporary dance. [13]

Brand ambassador and brand influencer

After his stay at big brother Prince Nelson Enwerem become brand ambassador for various brands in Nigeria which include some of the big brands. He also appeared in some of adverts where he influenced different kind brands such as Showmax, Dstv, Guinness (he is brand ambassador of Guinness) and Samsung. He has been doing amazingly well after the house and managed to secure working with good brands. He also create some of the content for the brand he worked with on his Instagram, known for directing those adverts and coming with the concept behind it.

Actor, host and model

Prince Nelson Enwerem have acted in couple of movies named Head over bills where he played Leo and MOG the movie where his role was being a pastor. Head over bills will be available in cinemas all over Nigeria from 4 February 2022. He took it to twitter that he will be part of Netflix original movie.

He has hosted few events in Lagos and Abuja. He was also a judge and a speaker at African hair summit. He was chosen as a host at house at Guinness Bright House party for fashion master class. Hosted few Samsung meet and greet along aside with his colleague. He recently announced that he will have magazine TV show with MTV Base.

Prior to his Big Brother appearance, Enwerem worked as a model, winning Model of the Year in 2016, and has modelled for the 2022 Kimono Kollection. He is known as a person that has a good eye for fashion and won couple awards for being fashionable celebrity/influencer of year. He has been named as one of the best dressed men in events he has attended.

In 2022, Enwerem appeared in the movie The Man of God.

CEO of Hairline Royale

Prince Nelson Enwerem recently announced that he will be launching his very own Salon on 19 December 2021. He is the CEO of the Hairline Royale and a professional barber. Not only does he barber hair but he also braid cornrows. He started learning about hair before going to big brother house in 2020 and while in the house he did his fellow housemates' hair. He also recently introduced a new method that will be offered in his Salon which is known as wig installation for men. It's for men that have baldness and bald spots. Hairline Royale will offer different kinds of hairstyles for men, ladies and also children. Other services will be offered. The location of his salon is in Lagos, Lekki.

Personal life

Enwerem is from Umuebie, Ugirinna, Isiala Mbano, Imo State, Nigeria and a member of the royal family. His father is HRH Eze Leo Mike Enwerem, Ebi I of Umuebie, Ugirinna Isiala Mbano. His mother is Ugoeze Catherine Chika Enwerem. [4] [14]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Big Brother season 5 HimselfReality show

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mr Nigeria
2018		Incumbent
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