Haute Of Africa: The Top African Models Taking Fashion’s Center Stage
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MadameNoire
The Professional: Gelila Bekele
Discovered two months into her freshman year at UC Berkley, the Ethiopian model fell into modeling with some trepidation. “I come from an environment where my parents are educated so the idea of using my physical to make a living messed with my head a bit,” admits Bekele. The Ford Model, who has appeared in a Pantene Pro-V campaign, and leveraged her status as an international ambassador for aid organization Charity: Water, has since come around. “Models are not dumb. It’s self-management and brand-building.”
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