Elle Magazine Canada wants to have Kylie Jenner is the cover model of its December issue but confused about which photo to use. And the magazine decided to give the model’s fans the opportunity to help them make the choice. They shared the two possible covers and asked fans to pick the best one for their upcoming issue.
Who else agrees with Esquire Magazine? According to the publication, Game of Thrones star – Emilia Clarke is the sexiest woman alive in 2015. The 28-year-old actress is the cover girl of Esquire’s November issue. Emilia, who’s taken the position from from Penélope Cruz that was was named the sexiest woman alive in 2014 also did a photo shoot for the magazine and bares it all.
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The actress, who told Esquire she almost gave up on her acting carrying before landing her Game of Thrones role said: “And then my agent calls me up and says, ‘Did you ever go up for Game of Thrones?’ Clarke says. At that time, HBO had shot a pilot that they nobody was happy with and was looking to recast. “My agent told the casting director, ‘I know that the breakdown for this character is tall and willowy and blonde. I know she’s short and round and brown, but I’d like you to see her.”
Irene Major Malin is a former Cameroonian model who walked the runway in Cameroon and Paris before the meeting and getting married to Canadian oil tycoon, Sam Malin. After getting married, Irene and Sam remained in France for a couple of years before moving to London. His husband, Sam Malin is the founder the oil company known as Madagascar Oil.
While Irene Major was not so popular during her modelling career, the ex-model now a British citizen got a lot of attention last year. The mother of five, who was one of the contestants at the 2014 edition of X-Factor UK appeared on the scene with a bleached skin that caused a lot of controversy around her and skin lightening.
Irene who contested at last year’s X-Factor UK with her sister, Elsa Major, has used skin lightening creams to drastically alter her skin tone from dark to very pale colour. On why she altered her appearance, the millionaire wife live in an Abbey in Kent with her husband and their five children said she did so because “she feels prettier” in a lighter skin tone.
Defending her drastic skin lightening and her new skin tone in an article by the Daily Mail UK that was entitled: “The women who’ll do anything to have whiter skin,” Irene said: “When my skin is lighter, I just feel prettier”.
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She continued, “It’s a taboo subject, and people get judgmental about it, but that’s how I feel…A skin-lightening regime has been part of my life practically since birth. There are many different types of African skin — from dark charcoal to a lighter version — and you grow up knowing that the lighter ladies are the prettier ones. It’s just a fact. Just look at all the pop stars whose skin has got so much lighter over the years. Many celebrities do it. We’re just turning a blind eye to it.”
Even though Irene was dark when she met and married her successful oil tycoon husband over 17 years ago, the extremely bleached former model told the Daily Mail, the reason she lightened her skin is because successful African men go for light skin women.
“Being lighter shows you belong to a different place on the social ladder. All the rich, successful black African men marry either a white or a very light-skinned girl because they too grew up thinking that the lighter is the most pretty. It doesn’t matter how dark a man is, of course — the pressure is all on women,” she said.
Africa Fashion Week London has released the official videos of its 2015 fashion show event that took place on the 7th and 8th of August at Olympia London. The two days event that saw about 55 designers with five slows and beautiful models strutting the runway and showcasing collections from several fashion labels saw participants from all over the world.
The first designer to open Europe’s biggest African fashion event was Tumiila, a fashion brand own by a 16-year-old British-Nigerian woman. Now 5 years old, the first edition of Africa Fashion Week London was organised in 2011. Since then, the event has gotten bigger and better over the years.
Providing a platform for African designers and designed influenced by African print and culture, the event’s participants comes in all shades. From African to European.
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Day One of Africa Fashion Week London 2015
Day one of Africa Fashion Week London 2015 featured catwalks from brands such as Tumiila, Nomade’s, Victoria Grace, Sakara, Selina Beb, Le Ekhaya, Rose Leather London, Asaka Oge, Lihiya, and the fabulous KZN Fashion Council from South Africa that was a collection of several fashion labels.
Day Two of Africa Fashion Week London 2015
Day two of the biggest African fashion event in Europe featured runway showcases from brands such as AimeeKu, Noir, Miizu, Zandy B Designs, Mafrica, Chimelie, and several others. The second day of the event was the biggest and busiest from over 30 designers. More designers from the KZN Fashion Council also showcased on day two of the fashion show.
Model, Winnie Harlow was all shades of beauty when she stepped out in a Gestuz Velvet jacket that she wore like a mini dress while attending the Monica Vinader jewellery launch on Thursday evening in London. The America’s Next Top Model contestant completed the look with a pair of over-the-knee boots by Public Desire.
The claret kimono mini dress combined with knee high boots showed Winnie’s long legs made for the runway. The 21-year-old model, who has starred in campaigns for Diesel and Desigual has been linked to Mariah Carey’s ex, Nick Cannon.
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The UK Nollywood icon and guild president Queen Theodora Ibekwe Oyebade brought her charm to the launching of the new perfume brand Chamy at Milton Keynes in front of hundreds of cheering fans.
Queen Theo is the first Nollywood UK based actress to become a brand ambassador. The unforgettable launching brought the hotel Holiday Inn to a stand still and frenzy as friends, colleagues and fans alike troop into the hotel to catch a moment with the adorable brand ambassador.
Personally welcoming guests and taking time to have selfies and share red carpet moment with fans and fellow stars, Queen Theodora looked stunning in her custom made black and pink floor sweeping dress.
Lupita Nyong’o stepped out on Thursday looking stunning like always. The 12 Years A Slave star was dressed in a classic and conservative 50’s monochromatic look. Lupita, who currently stars in Eclipsed – wore a Boss monochromatic wool suit over a tight-fitting sleeveless grey dress by Hugo Boss and paired it up with a structured Boss lady bag. Adding some colour to her monochromatic look, the Kenya actress completed her look with a pair of flame-red stilettos and a pair of dark sunglasses.
The Mexican-born Oscar-winning actress was spotted wearing the look in New York City where she made an appearance on The View and talked about her role in the Off Broadway show, Eclipsed. The show was written by The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira.
The Yale graduate will later appear in upcoming films like Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Queen of Katwe, and The Jungle Book.
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Standing at the entrance of the ABC studios, the popular star who raised into superstardom with her first Hollywood film posed for a photo. She was all smiles and looked corporate in her ensemble.
Walking towards the street, the 10 Year A Slave star posed for another picture. Lupita has been making one fashion statement after another since she gained instant fame. She has also made her kinky natural hair one of her identity. While most women of colour wear weave on or stretch out their hair, Lupita enjoys rocking hers in its natural state and is always looking fab in it.
What do you think about this monochromatic look from Lupita Nyong’o? Share your views by leaving a comment below.
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Arcade Content’s Lebogang Rasethaba directed In the Castle of My Skin, a new music video for award-winning UK jazz band Sons of Kemet.
Shot in Johannesburg, the music video features the Indigenous Dance Academy’s pantsula dancers as a black-tie orchestra, conducted by choreographer Jarrel Mathebula. It’s a study in contrasts: a convergence of the chaotic energy of pantsula with the controlled sophistication of an orchestra.
“Pantsula and jazz aren’t things that people were ever meant to see together; they both have rich histories with very different cultural and aesthetic values,” says Lebo. “But framing ideas within a different context can give them new life.”
The music video was shot by Motheo Moeng and edited by Xolelwa ‘Ollie’ Nhlabatsi.
American-Nigerian star, Jidenna is the classic man in a Nigerian inspired photo shoot marking the 2015 edition of All Things Ankara Ball. Themed the “Nigerian Renaissance” Jidenna and philanthropist and model, Jessica Chibueze who are the official ambassadors to All Things Ankara Ball 2015, show off their Nigerian pride in the photo shoot and the accompanying short film.
The “Nigerian Renaissance” theme is the fusion of French Renaissance and Nigerian-African Aesthetics. According to the All Things Ankara Ball team, the goal “is to display, expose and educate, the public and the world to the rich culture of a Nigerian Renaissance man and woman through illuminating Ankara Print Fashion and vibrant craftsmanship.”
In the photo shoot, Jidenna and Jessica are dressed in green and white colours that represents the colour of the Nigerian flag.
All Things Ankara Ball is a formal social event and will take place Maryland on October 17, 2015. It is an event in which the guests are to attend wearing luxurious, classy, elegant and high fashion Ankara Print Attires. All Things Ankara Ball 2015 is the premiere edition of the event and it will celebrate Nigeria’s 55th Independence.
See the video below.
Film Director & Producer: Isaiah Headen of Les Joueurs Photography
