See Why Unconventional Sudanese/Kenyan Beauty Shanelle Nyasiase Might Just Be 2019’s Hottest Model

What is even more radiant is her confidence in her skin, her smart instagram remarks on her image posts such us ‘Cuter than your boyfriend’ shows she is fully aware she is not of the conventional beauty, and it’s with this confidence that makes her stand out. We were set to launch our model crush with another hottie from Burkina Faso but it makes sense that Shanelle Nyasiase had to go first.

BIO:
When Shanelle Nyasiase moved from her native South Sudan to Nairobi, Kenya to live with her 12 cousins, she had no idea she would soon be closing the Balenciaga runway show or appearing in ad campaigns for the likes of Versace and Alexander McQueen.

Soon after taking local modelling jobs to support herself, Nyasiase was introduced to photographer Daniele Tamagni who then connected her to “mother agent” Ingrid Tamborin, and things began moving quickly.

“Her career was fast,” says Tamborin, who is based in Milan but travels to Kenya, Ethiopia and the East Africa region to find talent, managing around 10 girls at a time. “It has a lot to do with uniqueness: she’s strong and clever, with good instinct. [At the time] she wasn’t the Shanelle you know now.”