Hawa Diawara

[NOAR]

Sad.

[simplylovely]

Trump Models





Polaroids




Wow! She looks gorgeous without make-up! Such a fresh & unique look....I love it!

[WheresMyUmbrella]

I was afraid she'd disappeared forever! Yaaaaaay!

[Gypsy_Doll]

Very exotic looking. I'd kill for that sleepy eyeshape. Gorgeous

[simplylovely]

http://yayemarieba.blogspot.com/sear...shion%20Models

[simplylovely]

NY Fashion Week Fall 2006 - Keanan Duffty

fashionledge.com

[MicheleIman]

She is actually a friend of mind. Her management isn't taking full advantage of what they have in her. I feel she has alot of potential. She is the craziest and funniest person I know.

[simplylovely]

I agree with you there! She has too much potential to be sitting on the sidelines watching every other supermodel take her place in high rankings.

[simplylovely]

David Rodriguez Spring 06
http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshow...ez/index2.html
http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryList...l=4d&PageNum=2

[simplylovely]

Brian Reyes Spring/Summer 06



Proenza Schouler Spring 05

[supermodel]

wow her face is very unique..idunno if anyone else sees this or not, but doesn't she look a bit like danielle from antm? the winner of season.. 5 i think it was?

[Sugarmama]

She is so stunning. I don't understand why we haven't seen more of her

[simplylovely]

Originally Posted by Sugarmama

She is so stunning. I don't understand why we haven't seen more of her

I'v been wondering myself And no, I don't think she looks anything like Danielle from cycle 6

[Sugarmama]

Yeah, I don't see the Danielle resemblence either. I first saw her in Suede Magazine and I thought she was absolutely stunning. I usually don't like a model so immediatlety.

[simplylovely]

Found a article on her
http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/ar...-Fashion-Model

Hawa Diawara
She has the ability to harness the potential spending power of the growing American ethnic market as they can resonate with her experience as an immigrant and minority in the USA. For example, in 2000 the U.S. Department of Commerce conducted a study titled, "Minority Purchasing Power: 2000-2045." The study showed that minorities [Blacks, Latinos and Asians] in the USA had expanded their purchasing power by 47 percent over the past 15 years. As of 2000, ethnic consumers averaged $1.3 trillion in purchasing power. It projected that by 2015 that number will exceed $2 trillion and ultimately reach $3 trillion between 2030 and 2045.
She is also able to market to a niche but economically relevant group, Africans in the USA. Contrary to the dominant images of Africans on television: wild monkeys hanging off trees or malnourished AIDS stricken children with rotunda like stomachs and flat butts, the U.S. Census Bureau 2000 and the American Community Survey 2002 show that Africans in the USA are the most educated groups within the country, even surpassing Asians.
Further, they are urban and earn high incomes. As of 2004, the Bureau, among others, reports that Africans in the USA sent over $1billion to Africa, surpassing America's current aid to Africa. Africans in the USA are young [60.8% are 20-49years of age] and majority live in metropolitan areas making them easily accessible for fashion creators to market their products and services.
Globally, the African Model is the link that can help the industry profit from a largely ignored but relevant market, Africa.
Independent of its strong oil reservoirs, the infiltration of technology in Africa is gaining momentum and foreign investments in Africa. Asia, Europe and American companies like MTV are grabbing a big stake in Africa's technology and entertainment industries.
The African Fashion Industry itself is in on the revolution. The 2000 US-Africa Growth and Opportunity Act [AGOA], which offers tangible incentives for African countries to continue their efforts to open their economies and build free markets, has helped propel the African fashion industry forward.
Using the continent's rich textiles and fabrics, innovative and exceptional fashion creators such as South Africa's Stone Cherie, Nigeria's Deola Sagoe, and Senegal's Oumou Sy, among others, through the help of the African Model's Hollywood type celebrity status, within and outside Africa and her following of loyal fans, have renegotiated a new identity of the African as urban yet cosmopolitan; and in so doing, secured Africa a place on the world's fashion map.
America's Fashion Industry can gain the loyalty of the African model fan base and other urban Africans by using her, as middle woman and a fashion influential, to diffuse fashion to the more than 600,000,000 in Africa and as such rake in dollars in mind blowing proportions. To do so, however, means that the industry MUST demystify and redefine the "exotic" definition of the African Model to include respectful, positive and variety images that resonate with Americans and Africans alike.