One of the country's pioneer female broadcasters, Coker was a familiar face during the infancy of Nigerian television, most notably on The Bar Beach Show and her own series Julie's World.
When she was fourteen years old, her mother fell sick and moved to her village to recuperate while Coker stayed with her stepfather's family.
After a year without communication from her mother, Coker travelled to Sapele where her great-aunt nearly tricked her into early marriage with an older polygamist, but she escaped with the help of another aunt back to Lagos where she earned a scholarship to continue her education at Holy Child College.
She won the contest as Miss Western Nigeria and proceeded to the grand final in Lagos, but lost to office clerk Helen Anyamaeluna.
The latter was re-interpreted by Anderson .Paak as "Savier's Road" on his album ‘Oxnard’, globally released on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath imprint and featuring Coker’s original vocals.