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Tricia Akello — born in 1993 — Uganda
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Tricia Akello — born in 1993 — Uganda
YSL Spring/Summer 2002 | Kiara Kabukuru
Aamito Lagum — born in 1992 — Uganda
Aamito Stacie Lagum by Julia Noni for The Edit, March 2016.
Stylist: Carmen Borgonovo | Hair: Kei Tarada | MUA: Lotten Holmqvist
Aamito Stacie Lagum by Julia Noni for The Edit, March 2016.
Stylist: Carmen Borgonovo | Hair: Kei Tarada | MUA: Lotten Holmqvist
Aamito's very successful first show season
Few of us may have recognized Aamito Lagum as she walked Bottega Veneta, Giles, Paul Smith, J.Mendel, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Lacoste, The Row this Fashion Month. She is the winner of the first cycle of Africa's Next Top Model, the limited viewership of which has been a boon to Aamito - unlike her American counterparts suffering from the "Top Model curse."
As TBM wrote in 2013 as the show premiered,
Being cast on a Top Model show is almost always a death sentence to a modelling career. But with a limited audience outside of Africa, perhaps this won't mean instant overexposure for the contestants.
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