dysthymia

Chief’s Palace

Kukurantumi, Ghana

Dark skin model of the week

Model Flaviana Matata 

Born June 9th, 1988 in Tanzania 

In 2007 she won the Miss Universe Tanzania pageant 

Represented Tanzania in the Miss Universe competition in 2007 where she ranked 6th place 

She was the first ever contestant in the Miss Universe pageant to participate with a shaven head 

Has modeled for designers like Alexander McQueen, Tory Burch, and Vivienne Astwood among others 

Appeared in magazines like Dazed & Confused, Glass Magazine, L'Officiel and i-D Magazine

In 2011 she won model of the year in the Arise Fashion Magazine Awards

In 2012 she won outstanding model award at the Nigeria Next Super Model Awards as well as the face of Africa in the African Diaspora Awards 

The face and CEO of Lavy Prodcuts, which is a cruelty, and toxic free beauty product company based in Africa 

She won Humanitarian of the year in 2013 at the Swahili Awards 

Established the Flaviana Matata Foundation, an organization that helps empower young orphaned girls in Tanzania among doing other things to help improve the education of Tanzanian children 

Her goal is to encourage children to pursue an education and for young women to work hard and support one another