World Afro Day Live 2020
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World Afro Day® Live 2020″ is sponsored by Cantu.

One Big Afro Event, One Big Audience, One Big Movement.

Will you be there?

World Afro Day® is about change, education and celebration of Afro hair.

Tell your Aunty in Africa, your cousin in America, your brothers in Brazil, your parents in the Caribbean and your friends in Europe that THIS IS OUR TIME!

We will be joining together in ‘Afro Love’.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THE DAY?
  • Hosts TV Presenters Dr Zoe Williams and Antoine Allen.
  • First ever Top Ten Model Competition – meet the winners!
  • Former Miss Universe GB, Dee Ann Kentish-Rogers, also Anguilla Government Minister for Social Development and Education.
  • Global Nauralistas Panel – Afro Brazil, Africa, Europe and USA.
  • Top Ten Model Judges – Scottish Supermodel Eunice Olumide, US sensation Celai West, Afro Campaigner Ruby Williams, Grooming Entrepreneur Aaron Wallace.
  • Judge and British Vogue photographer Misan Harriman – “The Black Image.”
  • Award-winning hairstylist Dionne Smith Masterclasses.
  • Expo area featuring WAD merchandise, black-owned businesses and Cantu prizes and giveaways.
  • YOU are the change – share your ‘wonderful hair’ photos for World Afro Day!

This is an amazing Afro Aspirational event featuring Doctors, Lawyers, Professors, Government Ministers, TV presenters, entrepreneurs, fashion models and a Vogue photographer.

This event is supported by your donations, which will help us empower young people, work with schools and continue pioneering research to create awareness and change. Schools and Educators are welcome too. For more information and updates, sign up to our Newsletter at www.worldafroday.com.

See you there!

Michelle De Leon and Denese Chikwendu

Directors, World Afro Day

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WHO ARE THE TOP TEN MODEL WINNERS?

Afro hair is not often considered beautiful by the modelling industry and there is still a stigma in society but we want to turn this negative around. The Top Ten Model Competition invited young people to tell us their hair story and feel empowered about their natural hair.

Their prize includes the title of Top Ten Model for World Afro Day 2020, a feature in the Black Beauty & Hair Magazine, a professional photoshoot styled by award winning stylists Purely Natural Salon and more. Here are some of our Semi-finalists below.

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MEET OUR JUDGES
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Eunice Olumide

Eunice Olumide MBE is a Scottish Supermodel, Actress and V&A Design Champion. Eunice is also a passionate activist and pioneering producer of the award-winning BBC podcast, Sista Collective.

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Misan Harriman

Misan Harriman is the first Black male, cover photographer of British Vogue in its 104-year history. He is also a Royal Photographer and Founder of What We Seee, a network of over 27 media brands reaching over 300 million people across the world.

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Dr Zoe Williams

Dr Zoe Williams is a Media Medic and practicing GP, who was recently named on the Pulse Power 50 list as one of the most influential GP’s in the country.

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CELAI WEST

Celai West, pronounced “sah-LAY” became the youngest professional runway model to walk amongst an all adult line-up in NYFW, at just ten years old. Her runway videos went viral with…

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AARON WALLACE

Aaron Wallace is an entrepreneur who went from hosting events at the Houses of Parliament to opening his own barbershop in 2014. He now runs a natural hair and beard care range for black men.

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RUBY WILLIAMS

Ruby Williams was only 18, when her story sparked national and international news in 2020. She eventually triumphed in a three-year battle with her school and their rule against Afro hair.

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THIS EVENT IS SUPPORTED BY YOUR DONATIONS

Your donations help us empower young people, work with schools and continue pioneering research to create awareness and change.

 

Schools and Educators are welcome too. For more information and updates, sign up to our Newsletter.

World Afro Day is a global day of change, education and celebration of Afro hair, culture and identity. Join us on this journey.

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Eunice Olumide

Eunice Olumide MBE is a Scottish Supermodel, Actress and V&A Design Champion who has worked across the world appearing in national and international campaigns, fashion weeks and editorials, from ID Magazine and New York Magazine to Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and many more. 

Eunice has walked for designers including Mulberry, Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane, and Harris Tweed.  

A pioneering producer of the award-winning BBC Radio 5 Live podcast, Sista Collective (dedicated to women of colour), Eunice is also a passionate activist and campaigner and has worked with the Centre for Social Justice and spoken at the Houses of Parliament, influencing the first ever inquiry into the impact of fast fashion on the environment. In 2018, she also released her best-selling book ‘How to Get into Fashion’ which highlights her work in sustainability and diversity in the Fashion industry while preventing exploitation.

As a dedicated supporter of charitable causes (including her noted fund-raising efforts for charities such as the Children’s Hospice Scotland and Fuel Poverty Action), Eunicehas also been noted for her philanthropical approach – running youth groups and classes throughout the UK.

Most recently in 2019, Eunice created ‘Next Generation Regeneration’ curating exhibitions, talks and events at Tate Modern and the V & A, becoming the first ever Scottish Model to produce an on-schedule BFC London Fashion Week catwalk show. 

Hosted by Schroder’s Investment Bank in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK, Eunice produced a major exhibition on behalf of Eunice Olumide Galleries and has selected some of the UK’s most pioneering talent to bring a distinctive and unique element to The Olumide Gallery collection; creating an intriguing and insightful exploration of the reality of life, the street and subculture; seen through the eyes of their creators that straddle both past and present. 

Curating exhibitions alongside Vivienne Westwood (in aid of Fuel Poverty Action) to highlight socio-economic issues through inspiring prints, paintings and neon, there can be no doubt that Eunice will continue to influence and inspire many through her devoted endeavours and unwavering commitment. A permanent gallery has been installed in Eunice’s honour at the National Museum of Scotland on her life and work to date.

Misan Harriman

Misan Harriman developed curatorial skills before he was 10 years old, long before he knew the meaning of the word. Nigerian-born, from a young age in England was fascinated with film, music, the arts and anything that would make him feel something. And upon encountering an extraordinary work, would be compelled to share it. The dawn of the internet gave him an almost endless supply of content and the growth in social media platforms provided the channels necessary to build a global, premium social publisher.

Today, What We Seee is a network of over 27 media brands across web and social platforms reaching over 300 million people around the world and has clocked up over 2 billion video views in the last two years. What We Seee aims to fulfil the cultural promise of the internet: to surface and amplify uplifting and inspirational stories in a curated stream of the best output from a diverse, eclectic and exclusive array of voices, artists, archives and brands raising the tone of online conversation. He is also a portrait photographer that has photographed Rihanna, Meghan Markle and Tom Cruise.

Dr Zoe Williams

Dr Zoe Williams MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP, is a practicing NHS GP based in London, who was recently named on the Pulse Power 50 list as one of the most influential GP’s in the country. Zoe is also a director and founding member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Zoe’s ambition has always been to combine her dedication to medicine along with her passions for health and fitness, as well as forging ahead with a successful career in media. Her strength lies in sharing knowledge with the viewing public, specialising in debunking the confusing world of medicine, in a warm, down to earth and straightforward manner.

In 2017, Zoe founded the non-profit organisation Fit4LifeCIC, which aims to have a positive and long-term impact on young people who have the most challenging lives. The organisation helps these youngsters to create their own physical activity programmes to improve not only their health, but also their wellbeing and at the same time boosting and enhancing their life aspirations.

Celai West

Celai West, pronounced “sah-LAY”, is a quirky eleven-year-old STEMgirl; who changed the fashion industry standards, when she became the youngest professional runway model to walk amongst an all adult line-up in NYFW, at just ten years old. West can regularly be seen walking the runways along-side some of the best supermodels in the business. She has worked with major brands, featured in the media and many of her images, as well as videos, have gone viral including two viral runway videos that have been viewed more than 20 million times. 

After several unpleasant experiences with stylists, who lacked knowledge on how to style her hair while on set, Celai and her mom teamed up to create their own hair tutorials. Celai West considers herself to be a texture activist and has worked alongside World Afro Day since 2019 to bring awareness and acceptance for ALL girls with ALL textures of hair to feel beautiful and to be treated fairly.

Aaron Wallace

Aaron Wallace is a South London entrepreneur who went from hosting events at the Houses of Parliament with his previous company, to opening his own barbershop in 2014.

Following the success of the shop Aaron went on to launch a natural hair and beard care range for black men.

He has since been recognised by the likes of US based AskMen, Blavity and BET as a trailblazer in the hair care industry.

Ruby Williams

Ruby Williams was only 18, when her story sparked national and international news in 2020. She eventually triumphed in a three-year battle with her school and their rule against Afro hair. They settled out of court and changed their hair policy. Despite extensive disruption to her schooling Ruby is heading to University this year. She is also a qualified make-up artist and shares her passion via her Instagram account (rpwbeauty). Her future career goals include marketing for beauty products with a focus on true diversity, for all ethnicities.

Ruby is volunteering as a Youth Champion for World Afro Day; helping children and young people feel proud of their hair and heritage. She is also contributing to developing new guidance for schools in Hackney to safeguard against Afro hair discrimination. Ruby wants her experiences and work with politicians and EHRC to be a catalyst for achieving more protection, pride and positivity for young people with Afro hair.