Chidinma Mbalaso [January 22 1989 - March 25 2011] -

  Chidinma: Five years from now, I want to have gone far with my career, I want to be on billboards, and I want to be on TV.  I want to be successful and independent.”
The Above is an excerpt from a short Interview Chidimna had with fellow Koko Mansion Housemate and winner as Hi Magazine marked their 1YR anniversary since they left the Mansion in 2009.

Sadly, it hasn’t even been a year since that interview to talk less of 5yrs when we know Chidinma would have really realized her dream of being an actress and “made a change in the Entertainment Industry”.

Chidinma Came to the minds of Nigerian’s as one of the participants ‘Kokolets” in the reality show by HiTV with Popstar D’banj “Koko Mansion”.

For Chidinma, her biggest concern was for people to see her as more than just a pretty face. This pretty young lady, whose role models were Dora Akunyili (Who she met in Koko Mansion) and Oprah Winfrey, considers herself an emotional person whose life ambition is to be an entertainment mogul. “I want to do movies – I want to be on TV – I want to make a difference in the entertainment industry”, she says.

Growing up for her was very pleasant, “it’s not like my family is very well to do, but my parents made sure I didn’t lack anything, but they also made me understand that I couldn’t have everything”.

She considered herself someone with a good sense of fashion and was caring to a fault. She just finished reading Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows before she got into Koko Mansion, and as such, one can assume she has a romantic streak. And if her attractive looks were matched with an equal amount of intellects, then her participation on Koko Mansion was a jump-start to a flourishing career on TV.

Chidinma came out 4th of 12 Girls in the Mansion, and throughout kept her cool, dignity and every warm Spirit. She was 22 and had just graduated from the University of Abuja, and is said to have been driving back from Kaduna where she had purchased her first car, before being hit by a Motor Cycle, and then rushed the a nearby Hospital and was said to have been in a Coma, and in need of Blood.

She has ten siblings, of which she is the youngest


Story courtesy of people in the limelight blog.