By Willy Nkya
Disability has been a setback
to most disabled people in chasing their dreams, I knowing this ,Brigette Alfred
the Former miss Tanzania 2012 ,established her Foundation (Brigette Alfred
Foundation) basing on empowering and being the voice of the Albino society, her
Beauty with a purpose project made her to become the 2nd Runner-up on the Miss World pageant back in 2013. After
the Miss World pageant Brigette went on
with her Foundation and touched so many hearts over the years, Recently she
Hosted a Fashion show at the Turkish Embassy in Dar es salaam Titled “My Skin
My Pride” on the 26th of January 2018.This Fashion show gave us a
chance to see beautifully young girls taking over the Runway, wearing great designs
from multiple designers like Mac couture ,Enjipai jewelery ,lavo delamo designs
,Annisatanzania ,Jacques collection and from The Turkish Ambassador’s wife Mrs
Yesim Dovutoglu .Truly these gorgeous models showed us that Disability is not
inability .
Christine and Models (Zainab,Sabrina,Mwanahamisi and Diana ) |
The models
shared upon their future plans ,what I can say they have so much in stored for
you ,all they ask is the support! because they believe they have a long way to
go and without your help most of their dreams are left behind .Apart from these
girls walking the runway they also have Tonnes of talents ,example Sabrina
Ismail loves acting and she has been acting since when she was young ,also
Zainab is part of a cultural dance Group titled “Albino revolution cultural group” .
Lulu Nathaniel photo by Kebby designs |
Their Biggest Message to the world is that, “People should understand that being disabled ,it’s not a point to segregate us, because at the end of the day we are all humans and we can do greater things ,Parents should understand that their child being disabled doesn’t mean he or she is a burden ,but if given a chance to get access to basic needs like education ,he or she might have a great impact in their lives .Also people should understand the great need of involving us in multiple platforms like Today we did a fashion show proving that despite having albinism we can still take part in the fashion industry.
Lastly,I asked them upon how they see the Tanzanian fashion industry ,since they just stepped into this fascinating industry. All they could say ,is that they see great talents in this growing industry ,because they got a chance to wear great designs from talented designers and can’t wait to step in more fashion platforms in the country .
A round of applause goes to everyone who took part in making My skin My pride fashion show happen ,Its no doubt we need more people like Brigette,who understand that there is more to life beyond what we are used too. Congratulations Brigette Alfred .
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