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Maria Borges Is The First African Model Of The *Century* To Make An Elle U.S. Cover – Huffington Post, Canada

Maria Borges Is The First African Model Of The *Century* To Make An Elle U.S. Cover – Huffington Post, Canada The 24-year-old made history on Tuesday as the first African model of the century to grace the cover of Elle U.S. — rocking her natural hair, of course — and it doesn't look like the west African beauty has plans to slow down any time soon.

Maria Borges, African Model, African Fashion, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

“Thank you @elleusa for this great opportunity,” she said on Instagram Wednesday. “It’s an honor to be on the cover of the AMERICAN ELLE, feeling beautiful and rocking my afro!”

Inside the pages of the glossy, the Angola-born star shared an inspiring message of why her cover is so sentimental.

“The fashion industry is here for everyone, [regardless] of colour or race,” she told Elle. “When I was growing up, I never saw someone like me, and now the other girls can see someone like them. It’s all about inspiration.”

Maria Borges, African Model, African Fashion, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Maria Borges, African Model, African Fashion, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Maria Borges, African Model, African Fashion, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Maria Borges, African Model, African Fashion, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN


Angola is a country in Southern Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa and is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to west. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Although its territory has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Era, what is now the modern country of Angola was influenced by Portuguese colonisation, which began with, and was for centuries limited to, coastal settlements and trading posts established beginning in the 16th century. In the 19th century, European settlers slowly and hesitantly began to establish themselves in the interior. As a Portuguese colony, Angola did not encompass its present borders until the early 20th century, following resistance by groups such as the Cuamato, the Kwanyama and the Mbunda. Independence was achieved in 1975 under a communist one-party state backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba after a protracted anti-colonial struggle. However, the country soon descended into an even lengthier civil war that lasted until 2002. It has since become a relatively stable unitary presidential republic. (Wikipedia)


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