THE DIASPORAS OF THE AFRICAN MODEL !

WHEN I THINK OF THE DIASPORAS OF THE AFRICAN MODEL I THINK OF THE PAINTING ABOVE CALLED LILY (ABOVE: LILY WAS PAINTED BY ME , SOPHIlIA WARD )I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE AFRICAN MODEL, GETS LESS JOB'S THAN THE OTHER MODELS. IT WAS QUOTED BY STEFANO PILATI THAT THE AFRICAN MODELS IS NOT A GOOD FIT MODEL, BECAUSE SHE IS ILL PROPORTIONED AND THAT IT TAKES 13 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF FITTINGS TO TAILOR, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND UNEVEN PROPORTIONS ! THIS MAN IS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF YVES SAINT LAURENT. I THINK THAT IS A FARCE. WOMEN COME IN ALL SIZES AND SHAPES AS MODELS. IF YOU ARE A GREAT DESIGNER AND PATTERN MAKING YOU WILL TAILOR ACCORDINGLY TO THE WOMEN.......... NOT A DOLL . SO BECAUSE AFRICAN MODELS DON'T GET AS MUCH PLAY HERE WE GO .

BORN LIYA KEBEDE FROM ETHIOPIA SHE IS A MOM HUMANITARIAN

SHE MOVED TO PARIS AT 18 YRS OLD AND HAS BEEN ON COUNTLESS MAGAZINES AND RUNWAYS !

 

AJAK DENG OF SUDAN WAS SENT TO A  KENYAN REFUGEE CAMP SHE HAS BEEN A CARE GIVER OF HER 7 SIBLING AFTER  HER MOTHER'S DEATH SHE HAS LIVED IN AUSTRALIA AND HAS BEEN ON BENETTON CAMPAIGN AND LOTS OF MAGAZINES AND RUNWAYS !

 

 

ALEK WEK  SUNDANESE MODEL FROM THE DINKA TRIBE , IN 1995 SHE  HAD TO FLEE TO BRITAIN, TO ESCAPE FROM CIVIL WAR IN THE SUDAN SHE IS THE 7TH OF 9 CHILDREN. AND HAS HAD TO BE A CARE TAKER OF HER SIBLINGS . MY PAINTING ABOVE WAS DONE WITH ALEK BEING A  MUSE I JUST LOVE HER FACE IT IS CAPTIVATING . SHE HAS BEEN STEADY AS A MODEL NOW HANDBAG DESIGNER WEK"1933"

YASMIN WARSAME FROM SOMALIA , AT 15 MOVED TO CANADA AND WAS DISCOVERED IN 1997 (I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD DISCOVER BECAUSE SHE ALREADY EXISTED) SHE WON THE ALLURING AWARD 2004 SHE HAS BEEN ON COUNTLESS COVERS AND RUNWAY !

 

 

 

BETTY ADEWOLE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM PARIS , SHE IS SIGNED WITH ONE MANAGEMENT BORN TO NIGERIAN PARENTS THAT ARE NURSES. SHE WAS (DISCOVERED THERE GOES THAT WORD AGAIN) MAYBE I'LL USE FOUND WHILE SHOPPING WITH HER MOM SHE WON THE CONTEST LIBERTY OF LONDON AND HAS DONE MUCH WORK SINCE THEN. KEEP AND EYE OUT FOR HER .

 

 

ATAUI DENG BORN IN KHARTOUM SUDAN . DO THE CHEEK BONES LOOK FAMILIAR THEY SHOULD THIS IS THE NIECE OF ALEK WEK THEY SURE DO HAVE GREAT FAMILY GENES. THIS YOUNG LADY IS A TRUMP MODEL AND WORKED WITH MANY DESIGNERS LIKE ZAC POSEN AND MANY MAGAZINES LIKE V MAGAZINE.(DON'T GET HER CONFUSED WITH AJAK DENG THEY COULD BE TWINS BUT THERE JUST FROM THE SAME COUNTRY .

OLUCHI ONWEAGB GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS OF LAGOS NIGERIA OF A CIVIL SERVANT FATHER AND A MOTHER THAT IS A NURSE . AT 17 SHE WON THE FACE OF AFRICA, CONTEST SHE WAS TAUGHT BY ELITE MODELS. SHE MOVED TO N.Y.C. HAS BEEN IN LOTS OF MAGAZINES AND RUNWAYS AND A WONDERFUL VICTORIA SECRETS MODEL .

 I HOPE THIS IS A LESSON FOR THOSE WHOM FEEL AFRICAN MODELS ARE LESS THAN OR MORE COMPLICATED TO FIT AS LIKE A LOT OF OTHER THING MAYBE ONE DAY THE SCALE WOULD BE EVEN . BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THERE OPINION . I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS POST THERE WILL BE A PART 2 COMING SOON ......