Standing at a height of 167cm/5’6’, model Nunana Awoonor isn’t what your typical model is supposed to look like.
She has however braved all odds to make it in a competitive and sometimes discriminatory industry in the United States of America for five years and counting.
She does editorial, fashion, commercial, sports, glamour, fitness, lifestyle, beauty and lingerie shoots and shows as well. Makeup Forever, DEX Cosmetics, Mary Kay, Nissan, Neon Aeon (LookBook Model for vintage brand 2013/14) and Lipton Pure Leaf are a few of the brands/companies that she’s worked with.
Nunana has a very kind heart, she loves modeling for charity purposes aside commercial jobs.
According to Nunana, what keeps her going is the belief that she’ll be a path for shorter girls to become professional models.
“…maybe I will be the path or the way for the shorter girls who look good but are not all that tall to become professional models.”
She was a sales associate and representative and currently a brand ambassador and a student, pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts, Interior Design at the Academy of Art University in the United States of America.
Nunu Vaness as called fondly by friends and family is the founder and Chief Executive officer of NVA Marketing and Promotions, an event staffing and promotional marketing company.
By: Kojo Akoto Boateng/citifmonline.com/Ghana