{"id":9155,"date":"2014-01-07T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=9155"},"modified":"2014-01-07T05:00:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T09:00:35","slug":"africas-top-5-runway-divas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/africas-top-5-runway-divas\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa's Top 5 | Runway Divas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AfricasTopFive\"<\/a>We CONSTANTLY pay homage to those who have paved runways for us such as Naomi Campbell<\/b>, Kate Moss<\/b>, Linda Evangelista<\/b>, Beverly Johnson<\/b>, Lesly Lawson (Twiggy)<\/b>, and Tyra Banks<\/b>; but what about the top models on the continent of Africa!?\u00a0 These women not only made a name for themselves, but have inspired thousands, and successfully represented their homelands.\u00a0 Learn a little about these powerful models and the runways they stormed on below!<\/p>\n

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\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Oluchi Onweagba Orlandi<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oluchi<\/b> is THE Runway Diva of Africa; she can be described as the African Tyra Banks<\/b>.\u00a0 Funny, because she recently started Africa\u2019s Next Top Model<\/b> (lovely show!).\u00a0 Oluchi Orlandi<\/b> is from Lagos, Nigeria; she signed with Elite Model Management<\/b> at the age of 17.\u00a0 She has covered 20+ magazines, launched her own modeling agency, and loves to give back to her community.\u00a0 Mrs. Orlandi has walked for more than 5 Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Shows<\/b>, Luca Luca<\/b>, Giles<\/b>, Tommy Hilfiger<\/b>, Christian Dior<\/b>, and much more.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/b>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Alek Wek<\/b><\/p>\n

Ms. Alek Wek <\/b>is a STUNNING and radiant woman who makes you smile with her humble, yet strong personality.\u00a0 She\u2019s from South Sudan and has certainly set the pace for Sudanese models; now, there\u2019s an elaborate handful of them.\u00a0 Alek Wek <\/b>became the first African model to cover Elle Magazine.\u00a0 <\/b>As she began to surface, EVERYONE wanted her on their runway!\u00a0 She has walked for names such as CHANEL<\/b>, John Galliiano<\/b>, and Donna Karan.\u00a0 <\/b>We love the United Colors of Benetton <\/b>campaign that she did and how she is a missionary for World Vision<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Liya Kebede<\/b><\/p>\n

The graceful Liya Kebede<\/b> is a native of Ethiopia.\u00a0 We love her because like the other headliners, she wears several hats and wears them well.\u00a0 Liya<\/b> is an actress, ambassador, US Glamour Woman of the Year, mother, and a philanthropist. She was \u201cThe New Look\u201d for several campaigns, ranked #1 on models.com, and listed as one of the top-earning supermodels in Forbes.\u00a0 In addition to gracing the covers of Vogue US<\/b> 3 times, in 2002, Vogue Paris<\/b> dedicated an issue to her.\u00a0 Kebede<\/b> has done runway for Gucci<\/b>, Victoria\u2019s Secret<\/b>, Tom Ford<\/b>, Burberry<\/b>, Balenciaga<\/strong>,\u00a0and Fendi<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Ajak Deng<\/b><\/p>\n

Ajak<\/b> is an Australian-Sudanese goddess full of luminous beauty and vibrant personality.\u00a0 Like her role model Alek Wek<\/b>, Ajak<\/b> soon became a face for The United Colors of Benetton<\/b>.\u00a0 She has walked for Marc Jacobs<\/b>, Lanvin<\/b>, Louis Vuitton<\/b>, and her favorite, Valentino<\/b>; all use her consistently.\u00a0 We love the SPICY shoot she did with Bruno Mars<\/b>!<\/p>\n

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<\/b>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Fatima Siad<\/b><\/p>\n

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The precious Fatima Siad<\/b> is the beautiful product of Somalian and Ethiopian parents.\u00a0 She is a famous face of the loved television series, America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/b>. To name a few, Fatima<\/b> has signed with agencies like IMG Models<\/b>, New York Model Management<\/b>, and Ace Models<\/b>.\u00a0 Siad<\/b> has walked in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week<\/b> and for names like Gemma Kahng, Betsey Johnson, <\/b>and Herm\u00e8s<\/b>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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by Omoefe Ajueyitsi<\/p>\n

Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n

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We CONSTANTLY pay homage to those who have paved runways for us such as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Beverly Johnson, Lesly Lawson (Twiggy), and Tyra Banks; but what about the top models on the continent of Africa!?\u00a0 These women not only made a name for themselves, but have inspired thousands, and successfully represented…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[2274,88,76,89,128,2275,2102,2276,2277,83,1907,1811,1430,1431,139,2278,197,2279,1591,2184,94,717,247,321,2280,2281,2282,2283,2284,2285,2286,2287,2288,299,2289,449,462,950,2290,2291,407,338,416,426,1034,2292,2293,25,2294,2295,2296,2297,354,2298,219,2299,355,2300,2301,2302,2303,2105,2304,2305,345,2306,2307,2308,1850,340,2309,2116,265,393,2119,2120,667,47,242,2310,234,199,2311,2312,2313,2314,2315,191,2316,2317,2318,2319,2320,2321,2322,878,2323,2324,2325,2326,2327,323,2328,1866,2329,2330,2331,2332,2333,2334,2335,2336,2337,466,957,2338,310,2339,2340,227],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}