Ajuma Nasenyana Biography
Ajuma Nasenyana was born on 14th July 1984, Lodwar, Turkana county. She is a fashion model her height is 1.78 M(5ft 10 in). She has worked with Victoria’s secret and Carlos Mienes.
Ajuma Nasenyana Career
Her first foray into modeling was in the Miss Tourism Kenya competition in 2003, where she was crowned Miss Nairobi. It was through this competition that she came to the attention of Lyndsey McIntyre of Surazuri Modeling Agency.
Soon afterward, Gamma Photo Agency came to Kenya to do a story on McIntyre’s scouting work and were so taken with Nasenyana that she became the main feature of the story; which later ran in France’s Gala magazine. The pictures taken were compiled into a portfolio and presented to international agency Ford Models, who entered her in Ford’s Supermodel of the World competition.
In November 2003, Nasenyana traveled to Europe to build her portfolio prior to the Supermodel finals in New York City. She soon signed with agencies in London, Italy, Austria, Spain, Ireland, Canada and Sweden.
Nasenyana participated in the New York Fashion Week alongside Naomi Campbell and Alek Wek for designers such as Baby Phat and Carlos Mienes before traveling to Milan to model for fashion houses such as Ungaro during the Italian Fashion Week. Paris was the final destination during the winter show season and British designer Vivienne Westwood made her the lead model in her show.
Since then, Nasenyana has shot several magazine editorials, a video for Lacoste, and a catalogue for Issey Miyake.
In 2011, she was also named AFI African Fashion International’s, Africa Fashion Week Model of the Year 2012.
Ajuma Nasenyana Ambassador
She was appointed by Kenya Wildlife Services as the ambassador of its Aberdare National Park.
Ajuma Nasenyana Family
She is married to Gustav and they are blessed with two children.
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