Yemi Fawaz
Yemi Fawaz was a Nigerian fashion and photographic model,[1] fashion designer, beauty promoter/consultant, trade show organizer, chef and a restaurateur.[2][3]
Early life and education
Yemi was born from a Lebanese father and a Nigerian mother.[4] She left Nigeria for US in 1997.[4][5] She came back to Nigeria in 2016 at 61[6] to continue modelling and to coordinate fashion shows.[2][7]
Career
Yemi is considered the first Nigerian supermodel.[8][7] At a point in her life, she became an ardent Christian and was ordained a Deaconess in her church.[9] She then was addressed as Deaconess Yemi Fawaz.
Achievements
Fawaz opened the first modeling school and professional modeling agency in Nigeria and in West Africa.[2] She initiated and established a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the name Banner of Love which has the goals of providing medicare as well as eradicate poverty among the underprivileged.[3]
Death
Yemi died at the New York Lenox Hill Hospital in United States of America after battling for colon cancer for years. She was 64 years old.[8]
References
- https://thenationonlineng.net/on-yemi-fawaz-i-tell-you-assuredly-god-can-change-anybody/
- "Yemi Fawaz, Nigeria's first supermodel dies at 64". Face2Face Africa. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "Meet Yemi Fawaz, The Lady Who Took The World By Storm To Became Nigeria's First Professional Model – Opera News". ng.opera.news. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- Augoye, Jayne (22 February 2019). "Nigeria's First Supermodel Yemi Fawaz Dies At 64". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "Nigeria's first supermodel, Yemi Fawaz, dies at 64". 21 February 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ""At Age 61 I Can't Marry A Poor Man And I'm Not A Gold Digger" – Yemi Fawaz". Woman.NG. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "PAINFUL: Inside last Moment of NIGERIA'S FIRST Super Model, YEMI FAWAZ in America…Her Battle, Pain with Colon Cancer at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital * American Cardiologist, Nephrologist discovered pioneer Nigerian model suffered hole in Heart and Kidney *Leads love international outreach to help less privilege *Challenged Advertising industries in Nigeria for 'having sex with models', paying them peanuts BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU in New York | NaijaStandardNewsPaper". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "Yemi Fawaz Dies Of Health Complications At 64". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "YEMI FAWAZ: AT 61, I WON'T MARRY A POOR MAN". The Sun Nigeria. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.