Early Life
Omwakwe's parents died when she was young—her father when she was 10 followed by her mother when she was 12. She is the youngest in a sibling of three. Her brother, the eldest, is a lawyer, who is in cargo handling. Her sister is also a lawyer. It was her older brother and older sister who acted as her surrogate parents.
Omwakwe belongs to the Luhya tribe which is one of the biggest among Kenya’s 42 tribes.
"Winnie", as she is more popularly called, graduated from the Institute of Health Care Management in Kenya, where she received a physiotherapy certificate. She comes from Nairobi and stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).
She was also a finalist in Miss Universe Kenya 2001, but was unable to capture the title. She later came in second in the Miss Tourism Kenya pageant and flew to Manila to represent her country at the Miss Earth pageant.
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