Year after year, Victoria Secret puts together one of the most talked about catwalk show. It is usually the most watched fashion show with about 800 million people tuning in every year. Also, about 12 million dollars is spent on creating this event which is about the highest spend on fashion shows in the industry. For the 2018 Victoria Secret Fashion show, the lineup of the models walking the runway have been released and there are 12 black girls. So who are the black models walking the runway this year?
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Black Models Walking The 2018 Victoria Secret Fashion Show
Mayowa Nicholas
Mayowa Nicholas is a Nigerian fashion model who was a finalist of the 2014 Elite Model Look contest (along with Italian model Greta Varlese). She has starred in Dolce & Gabbana, Saint Laurent, and Calvin Klein campaigns. She has also worked with high profile designers like Prada and Versace.
Nyadak “Duckie” Thot
She is a 22 year old Australian model who finished in third place on the eighth cycle of Australia’s Next Top Model. She is a face of Fenty Beauty and made her runway debut at the Yeezy S/S 17 show.
Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow who was born Chantelle Brown-Young is a 24 year old Canadian fashion model who also doubles as a spokesperson on the skin condition, Vitiligo. She was one of the contestants of the first cycle of the America’s Next Top Model.
Leomie Anderson
Leomie Anderson is a British model and designer who has been modeling since 2010. She was first selected to walk the runway for the Victoria Secret Fashion Show in 2015. She is also the founder of LAPP, a clothing brand, which she launched in 2017.
Isilda Moreira
Isilda Moreira, who was born and raised in Portugal, is of the Cape Verde descent. She got discovered at the age of 14 while vacationing in London. She made her debut on the runway with Loewe and Moncler at the Paris Fashion Week.
Melie Tiacoh
Melie Tiacoh is a model who hails from Ivory Coast. She was born in Paris and raised in Abidjan. She speaks two languages, English and French, and she writes a blog.
Zuri Tibby
Zuri Tibby is an American model from Florida. She is the first black model to be the spokesmodel for Victoria Secret’s Pink.
Grace Bol
She is a South Sudanese model who is not a new face to the Victoria Secret runway as she was part of the 2017 lineup.
Herieth Paul
Herieth Paul is a Tanzanian model based in Canada. She has walked for Diane von Fürstenberg, Lacoste, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, Armani, Cavalli and 3.1 Phillip Lim.
Lesha Hodges
Lesha is a model and a vlogger.
Sabah Koj
Cheyenne Maya Caty
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