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Gorgeous Georgie - Young Burkinabe on the rise in model land.
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It is only fitting for us to do an updated profile on our models following the ‘hoopla’ of the ‘chocolate Italian Vogue’. She was chosen as one of the 12 New Faces To Watch on WWD following the New York Fashion Week earlier this year.
This Burkinabe high fashion model is making her native land very proud. Born in Burkina Faso, now lives in New York, Georgie Badiel won Little Miss Africa in 2005, and two years later signed with Storm Management modeling agency in London, and immediately started getting down to business.
In 2007 she made her debut at the spring fashion shows for America-born, London based fashion designer Ben de Lisi, African designer Duro Olowu, and Jasper Conran in London. In 2008 she signed on with Muse Management in New York and continues to make her mark.
So far this year, she has been completely booked, working literally every month. She was featured in an editorial for French magazine, Biba, in January; the Fashion Weeks in New York and Paris in February, where she walked for Diane von Furstenburg, Marc Jacobs, Issey Miyake, and LV, to name a few; and in May, when she appeared in an editorial for Interview Magazine.
“Gorgeous Georgie” is young and definitely on the rise in the fashion world. Let’s see what will happen with the young black models, especially the Africans, as they grow and mature in their careers because one day opening a magazine and seeing black models will no longer be a big deal, but part of the norm.
One Response to “Gorgeous Georgie - Young Burkinabe on the rise in model land.”
frieda says:
July 26th, 2008 at 5:54 am
A faithful story, lift me up sister. The best to you and others like us.
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