Meet Malaika Firth. The 19 year old Kenyan beauty hails from the U.K., and in the almost 3 years since she began modeling with Premier Modeling Agency, she's walked in over 40 shows. Big name shows too like Prada, Valentino, Burberry, Victoria Secret, Kenzo, D&G, and Marc Jacobs just to name a few. She was also featured on the cover of VogueUK.
Malaika happens to be the first black model in 20 years to appear in a Prada advertising, which is totally beyond me. The last model in her position was Naomi Campbell for their Fall 94 campaign. Even though I love fashion, the high fashion industry sometimes rubs me the wrong way. The major fashion houses discriminate based on race all day long, and it's a normal practice. But I suppose progress is a process and it takes baby steps like Miss Firth being in their ads to break those norms. It means that change is happening, and I, my friends, can get with that.
And she's gorgeous, don't you agree?
Peace
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