Leila Ndabirabe (Nda)

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Jill Stuart F/W 2015





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Show Card – London AW15: Models 1



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Vogue US March 2015

Light Brigade
Photographer: Peter Lindbergh
Stylist: Grace Coddington
Models: Leila Nda, Aya Jones, Imaan Hammam, Malaika Firth, Tami Williams & Kai Newman
Make-Up: Mark Carrasquillo
Hair: Odile Gilbert

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Wes Gordon F/W 2015 - New York HQ



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^ Lovely!

 

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Cushnie et Ochs F/W 2015 - New York HQs



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Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Charity Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 14, 2015 in New York City



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Wow, Amazing in the white dress!

 

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Porsche Design FW 2015 RTW | New York



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Diane von Furstenberg FW 2015 RTW | New York



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^ Wow, by far her best look @ NYFW...at the moment!

 

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DKNY F/W 2015



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Backstage at DVF



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Tommy Hilfiger F/W 2015

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Backstage at Diane Von Furstenberg



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Vera Wang FW 2015 RTW | New York



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Beautiful at Tommy Hilfiger!

 

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Oscar De La Renta FW 2015 RTW | New York HQ




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Diversity Rules! Part 2: New York Model Management

“For many seasons the activist in me tried to figure out what to do about the problem at hand regarding the lack of racial diversity on the runways, in editorials and fashion advertising.

I have addressed the industry by having town hall meetings, gaining international media support, even naming those who lack the sense of responsibility of incorporating models of color. And after being given the CFDA’s Founders Award in June 2014 for upfront confrontation and determination to change how things are done and seen, still we lag at where we should be as an industry.

Surely there has been some improvement.

Where there is clear improvement over the years…are the model agencies. They have improved their inclusion of the model of color and continue to seek those beauties.

So I decided, instead of looking at what and where it isn’t happening (for now), to show where it continues to grow. There are agencies with far more ethnic models than others, but there are many still open to growth.

I decided to reflect what I saw here with the support of Models.com and the model agencies.

We are continuing our series with New York Model Management.

It was truly my pleasure and pride, to see and meet the models that I selected to represent their agencies and to link the others the agency represented as well.

No doubt, it’s a beautiful movement.”

– Bethann Hardison

All Models: New York Model Management (New York)
Edited by Bethann Hardison

Photos by Hans Neumann (De Facto) for Models.com
Hair: Martin Christopher Harper
Makeup: Cyndle Komarovski
Retoucher: Tatiana Chebotareva
Bethann Hardison portrait by Hans Neumann for Models.com
Video interviews by Bethann Hardison
Art direction: Stephan Moskovic
Video editing: Andrea Fumagalli @ Blue Barn Pictures
Producer: Jazmin Alvarez

There is also a short video interview with her here: http://models.com/mdx/diversity-rules-part-2-new-york-model-management/

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Michael Kors FW 2015 RTW | New York HQ



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