A former model, spokesperson, and actress, Omilana adds brains to beauty as a businesswoman. The Inglewood, California native started Wonderful Brand, a multifaceted business incorporating fashion, television and Web, with her husband, Kunle, a Nigerian prince. Known as the “Pantene Girl,” Omilana is cited as the first African American woman to be featured in three consecutive commercials.
ESSENCE.com: How did you meet your husband?
PRINCESS KEISHA OMILANA: I got lost on my way to a model casting. I was on the phone with my agent trying to find the right address. He was in a meeting at the W and he saw me outside. He excused himself from the table, came out to meet me, and waited 45 minutes to say, “you are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Would you do me the honor of having your number? “
ESSENCE.com: So clearly you gave it to him.
PRINCESS KEISHA: No! Well, not at first. Who gives their number out to a guy on the street? I told him I was dating someone and left to catch the train, but I was halfway down the steps and my women’s intuition said, “you know what? You’re not dating anybody and he was cute!” I figured if I went back and he was still there, it was meant to be. I went back and there he was waiting like he knew I was coming back.
ESSENCE.com: When did you find out he was a prince?
PRINCESS KEISHA: Two years after we began dating. He asked me to marry him one Christmas morning, then he told me he was a Prince. He’d come to New York to find someone to spend his life with. I had no clue who he was or what his background was. That couldn’t happen for him at home. It was all very “Coming to America.”
Black Princess Diaries: Meet Keisha Omilana | Essence.com
Keisha stars in three Pantene commercials.
