![]() Vogue contributing casting director shares that the lack of middle men in the world of social media has helped a lot of African model come to the forefront. The cover also features models Nyagua Ruea, Majesty Amare, Amar Akway, Janet Jumbo, Maty Fall, Abény Nhial and Akon Changkou. ![]() I can speak my own language to my friends. Backstage, there would maybe be one other Black girl, but now my tribe is backstage. I also have social anxiety, and so I struggled a lot with connecting with people. I got thrown into the modelling industry very quickly and I kind of had to navigate it on my own. She explained, “In the beginning, I felt really isolated. Sudanese model Anok Yai, who is also featured on the cover, echoed Akech’s sentiments. I was tired of always feeling out of place and feeling like an outcast.” I’m just so happy that we are finally at this place. ![]() It has gone from me being the only one at a show to 15 or 20 of us. Now I go to a show and there are girls from my country, girls from Africa who look like me. There were no Sudanese models, no African models. We had the Dutch wave, the Russian wave, the Eastern European wave… and while, in the last decade, the Black model has come to prominence, I love that we are finally giving more space to African beauty.”Īkech spoke about her experiences in the Vogue feature, sharing, “When I first started modelling internationally, I would literally be the only Black, dark-skinned girl in the show. He added, “You know, fashion tends to follow waves.
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