Former beauty queen, lawyer and writer, Helen Prest-Ajayi, clocked 59 on Monday.

The effortlessly beautiful woman, who was crowned Miss Nigerian at age 19 in 1979, put her legs on display in an Instagram post to celebrate the day.

“59 feels great,” she wrote.

A product of the International School Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mrs Helen-Prest has aged gracefully over the years.

A mother of three daughters, the discreet socialite has been married twice.

Speaking in an interview with City People magazine in 2017, she said: “You know a woman is like a flower, she should be pleasing and she should make every effort to be as beautiful as she can. So I do make every effort and I try my best and hope it is very pleasing to the eyes.”