{UAH} Top 5 Ugandan Models of all Time

Here are the top five models of all time.

Princess Elizabeth of tooro

Princess Elizabeth Christabel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki of Toro (born 1936) is the Batebe (Princess Royal) of the Kingdom of Toro. She is a Ugandan lawyer, politician, diplomat, and model.

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom sent her an invitation to model in a charity fashion show. The princess was a smash hit, and soon became a highly successful fashion model, being featured in many magazines.

Princess Elizabeth of Tooro is one of the most famous models in the country

Elizabeth during her modeling days.

Kiara Kabukuru

Kabukuru was born July 31, 1975 in Kampala, Uganda. With the aid of Amnesty International and United Way, Kabukuru and her family immigrated to California as a child. Kabukuru was discovered by fashion photographer Bill Bodwell in a Los Angeles shopping center when she was 16.

Kabukuru has been represented by several of the world's top modeling agencies, including Women Management, Trump Model Management, and Why Not Model Agency., As of February 2011 she is represented by Silent models in New York and Paris.

Kiara modeled for bigger companies

Kabukuru has walked for fashion houses including Dior, Versace, Calvin Klein, Chanel, and Balmain. Her most notable editorial work includes covers for Vogue (Spain and United States) and Amica Italy. In 2000 she was seriously injured after being hit by a truck while cycling in New York City. After years of reconstructive surgery she returned to modeling with a feature in the July 2008 all-black issue of Vogue Italia.

She has posed for advertising campaigns by Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino, L'Oréal, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and most famously CoverGirl cosmetics.

She was featured in the Pirelli Calendar of 1998 and walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1999.

She featured on vogue magazine.

Aamito Lagum

Mention Uganda's fashion and level out this 25year old sweetheart then we know your fashion knowledge is less.

She was picked by Jorum Muzira management before winning Africa's next top model in 2013. She later joined a South African modelling agency Boss model management before joining DNA Model Management in Newyork.
Since then, she has appeared in various magazines, including i-D, Interview, Love, W, V, American Harper's Bazaar, Italian and South African Elle, L'Officiel, Italian, Ukrainian, British, German, Mexican, and Spanish Vogue, Teen Vogue, and Italian Vanity Fair.

Aamitto won Africa's Next top mode and has since seen glory

In April 2017, she was featured on the cover of American Allure magazine.

She was featured on the cover of British Elle in August later that same year. Lagum has also appeared in Lookbooks for Hugo Boss, Area, Narciso Rodriguez, Kenzo, Acne Studios, Guerlain, Nordstrom, Barneys New York, Sonia Rykiel, Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as advertorial for Kenzo and an advertising campaign for Marc Jacobs, shot by David Sims.

Patricia Okello

She came to fame during the 2014 Kampala Fashion Week after being signed to Jorum Muzira Management. During that week she modeled outfits by fashion designers Gloria Wavamunno and Sylvia Owori.

She later relocated to Cape Town where she got signed to Muse Model management in New York City. She is also concurrently signed up with MP Management, in Paris and with M4 Models Management, in Germany.

Akello Patricia is a true definition of hustle hard and get paid more.

Dorah Mwima

As Miss Uganda, Mwima represented her country in the Miss World pageant held in South Africa, in December 2008.

During her reign, she started the "Dorah Mwima Foundation", a non-profit charitable organization. The NGO's primary objective is to provide a platform for single mothers and teenage girls "to share experiences on the challenges in life".

Former miss Uganda Mwima is one of the most looked out for Miss Uganda.

In December 2013, Dorah got married to Nader Barrak in a civil ceremony, followed by a church ceremony on 25 May 2014.

She is one of the few Miss Uganda's who are still looked out for.

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