Salieu Jalloh – Sierra Leone’s male supermodel
Salieu Jalloh is a male model from Sierra Leone who is in great demand for both print work and the runway. His chiseled looks and photogenic style have helped to make him quite the star.
Salieu Jalloh works with Red Model Management in New York, and Ford Models Europe, in Paris. He has walked the runway for, among others, Calvin Klein, Moschino, Corneliani, Dsquared2, Kenzo, and Songzio.
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Jared Okeyo paving his way in Atlanta
Jared Okeyo, a model based in Atlanta, has been on reality shows Real Housewives of Atlanta and the TI and Tiny Show on VH1, and was part of the fashion show by the AKOO clothing line owned by rapper T.I. He also did a Macys and Sean John fashion show.
To learn more about him, or just stay in touch, follow him on Twitter or friend him on his Facebook page.
Zainab Sheriff, Sierra Leone’s leggy beauty
Zainab Sheriff is a Sierra Leone fashion model, currently based in Istanbul Turkey.
Zainab started her modeling career at age 14 in the local area of Freetown Sierra Leone. She relocated to Istanbul Turkey in 2006, following her boyfriend (now husband), where she soon caught the eye of several high-end fashion designers. In an interview with Because I Am Fabulous, she detailed how some agencies were initially reluctant to work with her since there were ‘…not many black people in Turkey’, so therefore the demand for black models would not be high. Her big break came when she worked at a golden fair and subsequently met Cengiz Abazoglu, one of Turkey’s biggest designers. Through her work with him, she was exposed to other designers (Cemil Ipekci, Arzu Kaprol, Christian Loboutin) who included her on their runway rosters.
Her career portfolio includes extensive runway shows, features in top magazines including Elle, Marie Claire, and Vogue. Some of you may remember her as a contestant in the 2012 Big Brother Africa TV Reality Show. She unfortunately didn’t make it to the final for controversial reasons.
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Nina Keita – the new generation of noir beauty
Nina Keita is a beautiful model with a versatile style.
The featured face of Black Up luxury cosmetics, she is also a favorite for several clothing store catalogs, and on the catwalk. Nina Keita is originally from Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
She is infamous for her Old Navy ad which features her and her boyfriend, Sam Saffman. The ad spurred a lot of debate about interracial relationships, and questions about why there were two versions of the same ad (one with kissing and one without).
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Bertini Heumegni – Model, actor, designer and personal trainer.
Bertini Heumegni is a surprisingly humble model, actor and designer who seems to have his head in the right place. Discovered in South Africa while working as a bouncer, he has gone on to become a highly sought-after model, personal trainer, designer and actor.
Born in Cameroon, he went to the University of Lagos and then moved to South Africa. He lived in South Africa for seven years before moving to New York where he realized he needed to do more than just model. He became a personal trainer. He was picked to be on America’s Next Top Model where he stood out because of his hazel-green eyes. Determined to bring his children to the U.S., he worked hard until he could afford to bring them over. His twins, Danielle Heumegni and Patrick Heumegni finally joined him ( something he touts as his proudest accomplishment), and are doing well in college.
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Senait Gidey – Sinuous on the catwalk
Senait Gidey is a model who moves with fluid grace on the catwalk. Her phenomenal eyes and great bone structure are making her a common feature on many a catwalk. She has walked for Issey Miyake, Rachel Zoe, Nanette Lepore, Elie Tahari, DKNY, Rebecca Taylor, and Charlotte Ronson, to name a few.
Her versatile looks make her a great fit for both high fashion and girl-next-door photo shoots…..but don’t take our word for it, look at her pictures and draw your own conclusions. You can follow her tweets on Twitter.
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Nyasha Matonhodze – The new face of Louis Vuitton
Nyasha Matonhodze is a Zimbabwean living in London. She is the new face of Louis Vuitton, a move they made to help revamp their look for 2011 (young and fresh as opposed to sophisticated and mature, I guess). The former look had used models including Kristen McMenamy, 46, Raquel Zimmermann, 28, and Freja Beha Erichsen, 23.
This young aspiring model is doing really well considering that she has only been modeling for 2 years. She began her career in 2009 when she won a modeling contest. She hit the ground running when she debuted at the London Fashion Week, Spring 2011 by walking for Louise Gray, Clements Ribeiro and Jonathan Saunders and walked in Paris she walked for Loewe, Emanuel Ungaro, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Louis Vuitton.
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Brigith Dos Santos – Angolas beauty queen
Brigith Dos Santos represented Angola in the 2008 Miss World contest in South Africa and managed to come in, in the top 5. Despite her beautiful smile and gorgeous eyes, she didn’t make it into the final three. She did, however, represent Angola well.
Lesliana Pereira showcases the variety of beauty in Angola
Lesliana Pereira was Miss Angola 2008. It is wonderful to see the diversity of beauty in Angola. She won a year after Micaela Reis. She is currently a reporter for Revista África.
In 2009 she was picked for a role as a fairy in the film, ‘The Wonderful Mystery of Feiurinha‘. She beat another famous personality to win the role and was picked by Xuxa Meneghe (a Brazilian TV personality).
Micaela Patricia Reis – Angola’s beauty
Micaela Patricia Reis is an Angolan beauty pageant winner (Miss Angola 2007). She came in seventh in the 2007 Miss Universe (the competition must have been VERY stiff), and was runner up in Miss World 2007. She also won the 2007 Miss World Continental Queen Of Africa title.
Micaela was born in Portugal and grew up in Portugal and Angola. Her Portuguese father died when she was an infant so she was raised by her Angolan mother and siblings. Although she did go through some discrimination from both Africans and Europeans, she seems to have risen above it. The Angola Press featured her as one of the world’s ten most beautiful women.
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Tolula Adeyemi – Vivienne Westwood’s muse
Tolula Adeyemi is a Nigerian model based in London, who has graced several catwalks and served as a favorite of Vivienne Westwood. She was discovered at the age of seventeen and has been extremely successful. She is currently the face of British luxury sports/active wear label, Hari, and has featured in editorials in Vanity Fair, British Vogue, Hello and various other magazines.
Tolula owns La Taetra, a dance company, and she was cast in the movie, ‘Last Chance Harvey’ (she was the jazz singer), starring Dustin Hoffman. Her favorite designers are are Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu, Prada and Vivienne Westwood. It is obvious that she has perfected her signature look which is unique, yet has her signature all over it.
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