Diandra Forrest is probably the most popular Afro-American albino top model and she’s setting a trend that could see other albinos come out of their shell more especially in Africa.
It matters a lot to me to be here, because I want to change the way people see girls with albinism on the continent”
With a complete lack of pigment in her hair or skin, the New Yorker who grew up in the city’s mainly black Bronx community is used to sticking out a mile.
In 2010 Givenchy’s creative director Riccardo Tisci broke the style mould with a striking series of ads starring albino model Stephen Thompson but Forrest is not just about the fame. She knows that her presence at Africa Fashion Week has a much greater significance than just challenging ideas of what is beautiful.
Stunning Nigerian albino, 16 year old Happiness is already making waves as a fast rising modelwho became