8/23/2008

Black beauties

My goodness! The last two weeks of my life were definitely something else! From being extremely sad, to being extremely happy and just feeling nothing between the explosions of either wonderful or terrible mood. Now I feel exhausted.
Two important things happened, which will definitely influence my blogging. 1) My apartment was robbed and laptop was stolen. 2) I was chosen for the seminar on immigration issues - the event is going to take place in Spain and will last for a week. I hope to bring some good memories and pictures:)

But... coming back to the fashion issues. I would like to add one more thing on the black models trend. Here are some of the most interesting black girls on the runways at the moment. You may recognize some of them, but their names are definitely not big in the fashion world. Pity, some of them are really beautiful.



Ajuma Nasanyana
Nationality: Kenyan
Ethnicity: Kenyan
Known for: being VS model, being the face of Vivienne Westwood.



Atong Arjok
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Sudanese
Known for: Converse and Sephora ads



Hollis Wakeema
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African-American (not specified)
Known for: current Paul Smith Women face.



Jaunel McKenzie
Nationality: Jamaican
Ethnicity: Jamaican
Known for: first Jamaican to appear in Vogue US.



Joan Smalls
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Known for: being the face of Ports 1981 as well as making appearance in Ricky Martin's video "It's alright".



Kinee Diouf
Nationality: Senegalese
Ethnicity: Senegalese
Known for: being VS model, modeling for Benetton.



Maria Fuema
Nationality: American
Senegalese
Ethnicity: African-American (not specified)
Senegalese
Known for: modeling for Saks Fifth Avenue.



Yasmin Warsame
Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: Somalian
Known for: used to model for Valentino couture, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Hermes, Shiseido, Chanel, GAP and H&M (and has a son!)




Mimi Roche
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African-American (not specified)
Known for: being the face of Benetton, Banana Republic and D&G



Samira Bento
Nationality: Brazilian
Ethnicity: Brazilian
Known for: her debut at Diane von Furstenberg (above)



Honorine Uwera
Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: Rwandan
Known for: being number one within Canadian non-caucasian models nowadays

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for posting this, I have been a lover of high fashion since a child. It is good to know there are many beautiful black models of different types having wonderful steady jobs as high fasion models.
    I'm a singer/songwriter and model myself; Im a lifestyle and glamour model; and even though my category is different I support all aspects of modelling and will share your post with others who would benefit. Thanks again.

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  2. marie fuema is french not american.

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  3. she's actually Senegalese, though I believe she's a French speaker. corrected

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