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Omotu Bissong (born Cecilia Ohumotu Bissong) is a Nigerian model,
television presenter, and actress, best known as Funke Lawal in Desperate
Housewives Africa. A native of Yala, Cross River State, Bissong started her
modelling career when she was a child and attended Nigerian Navy Primary school
and Nigerian Navy Secondary school both in Calabar. She would later enroll as a
student of the University of Calabar where she studied Economics.

In 2003 she made history win she won the MBGN (Most Beautiful Girl In
Nigeria, Beauty Pageant) as the first winner from the South-South, she further
went to represent Nigeria in the Miss Universe and Miss World beauty pageants. 

She moved to America where she continued modelling and schooling, she relocated
back to Nigeria in 2009. Bissong worked as a model in Nigeria before moving to
America, where she signed up with another model agency whilst studying
Accounting at the City University of New York.

Upon her return to Nigeria, she opened a model management company in a bid
to restore professionalism in the industry. Since returning to her home country
in 2009, Bissong has worked in television, presenting The Peak Talent Hunt
Show, and Africa Awakes on DSTV.

As an actress, Bissong was in the Ghanaian
movie “Be My Guest” with Nadia Buari and Chris Attoh and is currently
starring in the African adaptation of “Desperate Housewives” as
stay-at-home mother Funke Lawal who is loosely based on Lynette Scavo in the original
series.
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