Matilda Kerry

Who is Matilda Kerry?

Matilda Kerry, MD is a Nigerian medical doctor.

The fourth of six children, Kerry attended Federal Girls College, Benin, and later the College of Medicine, University of Lagos where she studied Medicine and Surgery. In 2000, she was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, making her Nigeria's Miss World 2000 representative. As MBGN, her platform was Leprosy Awareness. Kerry also worked as a model.

After her reign, Kerry graduated from the University of Lagos in 2006, and now practises medicine, specialising in Primary Health. Her duties have included working with the National Cervical Cancer Prevention Centre and establishing the Nigeria Cervical Health Campaign; she is now president of the George Kerry Life foundation, a non-governmental organization named after her father which promotes the Cervical Health Campaign, as well as awareness for hypertension, diabetes and other non – communicable diseases.

In 2009, Kerry was an adviser on Super Runway, a fashion and modelling talent show.