Tag Archives: Africas Next Top Model

Where did it all start? Within the modelling industry, competition is stiff. Africa’s Next top model is a great competition as it assists in bringing in new models wishing to break into the industry. Cheandre van Blerk was originally from Johannesburg, and was one of three South African girls to …

It is a fact that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the 8th most populous in the world. Back in 2013 when Joyce  Zi Chidebe from Lagos entered Africa’s Next Top Model (AfNTM) she had high hopes of becoming a supermodel one day. Long after the competition …

Africa’s Next Top Model (AfNTM) is the biggest global celebration of authentic African beauty there has ever been. This series of articles looks back at the contestants from Season One and asks, “Where are they now?”. Today we will be focusing on Roselyn Ashkar. We look at the impact the show has had …

The world is changing. Slowly, but in a positive way. When Angolan law student Michaela Pinto entered the Africa’s Next Top Model competition at the end of 2013, she only spoke Portuguese and had limited experience in modelling. Life changed for her completely over the next two years. Africa Fashion takes …

Regular readers will already know that Africa is a striking continent, full of talent and uniquely beautiful faces. For a wider audience, Season One of Africa’s Next Top Model (AfNTM) brought that beauty to a global, mainstream audience for the first time. Much has happened since 2013 and we are now …

With shows like Africa’s Next Top Model being prepared to air later this year and AFWL 2015 almost upon us, the spotlight will once again be on the important role that make-up plays in bringing a creative look together. At one of our recent Africa Fashion shoots, we spent time discussing modern make …

After entering the ‘Face of Africa’ competition at 17 years old, Oluchi Orlandi was thrust from a quiet Lagos-life as the daughter of a nurse, into the multi-national world of modelling in New York – where she still lives today.  In 2008, her life turned full circle as a $50,000 contract …

While America’s Next Top Model has taken on a life of it’s own on the global stage, the search for a model across the 55 countries that make up Africa has been slower. Season one finished in 2013 and the winner, Aamito, from Uganda has gone on to have a …