Remember her? Yemi Fawaz was a famed personality in Nigeria in the 90s. Born to a Lebanese father and a Nigerian mother, she had a successful career as a fashion and photography model. She was also a beauty consultant plus fashion designer among other things.
Very light-skinned, she was one of the pioneers of professional modelling in Nigeria and used to own a modelling school. She closed shop and relocated to the United States of America in 1997.
The mulatto beauty, who is a mother of one, may not be as popular in America as she was in Nigeria, but she still gets the desired recognition. She was recently honoured in Houston, Texas where she was named the Fashion Icon of Nigeria.
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