This page of Dimez on Deck is dedicated to African beauty. We have composed a list of some of the top models representing the continent of Africa.
Liya Kebede
Ethiopian model Liya Kebede is one the highest paid models from Africa and is said to be one of the highest ranking in the world. Check out some of her photos below.
Ajek Deng
Born in Africa, her family fled to Australia which is where Ajek Deng's modeling career began. She is one of the youngest rising African born models and she has accomplished so much in her budding career.
Yasmin Abshir Warsame
Yasmin Warsame, born in Somalia and moved to Canada at the age of 15 with her Family. She was discovered in 1997 by a modeling agency while attending college, and has had a successful career in this industry sense then.
Betty Adewole
Betty Adewole was born in Nigeria and grew up in the United Kingdom. She has been featured in V and French Revue de Modes and has walked the runway for Issey Mikaye, and Martin Margiela among other big names.
Alek Wek
Alek Wek may not be the highest paid, or the most sought after fashion model, but she is certainly one of the more popular and one of the most recognized African models in the world. Although she was born in Southern Sudan, she was discovered in London in the mid 90's and has been featured in multiple publications and even popular music videos sense here discovery.
Genevieve Nnaji
Coming straight from Nigeria, Nnaji started her career as a model which eventually led to a successful acting and singing career. She is one of the highest paid actresses in the Nollywood (the Cinema of Nigera) film Industry.
Miriam Chemmos
Chemmoss is a quadruple threat! This Kenyan born Nubian goddess is a very talented singer, actress, model and.... great at being sexy. 4 power moves all wrapped into one.
Lola Monroe (Angel Melaku)
This beautiful Ethiopian woman has evolved from model to video vixen to actress to a skilled rapper. The sky is the limited for "Lola Luv".
Hororine Uwera
Although Ms. Uwera was born in Rwanda she relocated to Canada and later became a very successful model. She has walked the runway for Vivienne Westwood and Baby Phat just to name a few.
Flaviana Matata
Flaviana Matata was one of the top contenders for Miss Universe, need we say more?
Rhian Benson
This beautiful Ghanaian woman is singer who writes and composes all her own material, attended Harvard University, and is absolutely gorgeous. Rhian Benson has the brains and talent to match her beauty!
Tiguida
Another rising, beautiful African born runway model!
Iman Bowie
This list would not be complete without mentioning the G.O.A.T. Iman paved the way for black runway models listed above, and help put black beauty on the map!
I hope you enjoyed our list... keep coming back to Dimez on Deck for more updates and more beautiful women!
What did you think of the women featured in the list? Feel free to post your comments below or e-mail us at DimezonDeck@Rocketmail.com
...and to stay with the theme of supporting African beauty we would also like to take this time to show our support for beautiful African music as well. you to the song "So Much Trouble" by the African influenced hip hop group Blaq Planet. Blaq Planet's group members consist of Ston-city, a Uganda born rapper now residing in America and Olatunji Mason, a songwriter, producer, and vocalist who's family comes from Sierra Leone. The song so much trouble also features guest vocals from Shabba Ranks and Krumb Snatcha, and this is also the lead single from their forthcoming mixtape.
You can listen to the song by clicking the youtube video below.
