Miss World Beauty Pageant 2021 Temporarily Postponed due to Covid-19 Omicron Variant Outbreak
The global broadcast finale of the Miss World beauty pageant that was supposed to take place in Puerto Rico was called off on Thursday after several contestants tested positive for Covid-19. The official Miss World social media handle announced the news with a press release on Thursday night. They said that the pageant was temporarily postponed because of "health and safety concerns" and will be rescheduled within the next 90 days at the Puerto RicoColiseum Jose Miguel Agrelot. The decision took ...
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Naomi Campbell Celebrates Nigerian Fashion At A Runway Show In Dubai
Set on Friday at the center of Dubai downtown in Armani Hotels, where the iconic Burj Khalifa is standing tall, the show started at 9 pm and ended at 11:30 pm. In the space of 2-hours and 30 minutes, guests were treated to a spectacular display of fashion created by some of Nigeria’s most celebrated designers, which includes Lisa Folawiyo, Ituen Basi, Keneth Ize, Huddaya, Odio Mimonet, Lanre Da Silva, Tzar Studios, Onalaja, Banke Kuku, Tj Who, and others. Opening the one-night ...
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City Walk Donates 2000 Pairs Of Shoes To Ajuma Foundation
The reason why I’m standing here today and have partnered with City Walk is because of the children. The teachers told me the children walk eight hours a day back and forth from school. And when you look at the children’s feet, they have wounds on their feet from thorns and rocks. It’s just a handful of them who have shoes. It was a really huge weight for me to carry. And I just wanted to say, ...
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Africa Fashion Week Nigeria Returns For A Spectacular Show
Focused on promoting indigenous emerging and established brands to international buyers, the AFWN is also reputed for bringing together the most promising, talented, and recognized fashion designers and brands from across Nigeria and Africa to showcase the latest trends and products to a large and diverse audience of consumers, industry enthusiasts, and the press. This year’s event is billed to hold on Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of December at the Ojaja Hall, Ife Grand Resort, Ile ...
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Secondhand fashion: Is it really good for Africa?
The debate will continue to run. However, certain facts stand out: local news reports suggest that, a few decades ago, some half a million people were employed in Kenya’s textile industry. More recent national statistics, from 2014, put that figure around 38,000, although this is increasing slightly each year. Still, people in the clothing sector across Africa try to find positives. Sel Kofiga, a multimedia artist based in Ghana, runs Slum Studio, which retrieves clothes that would otherwise end up in ...
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