Ghanaians in the diaspora keep winning.<\/p>\n
Ghanaian-born Edward Enninful just produced his first British Vogue cover. This is his first cover since he was confirmed as the new editor-in-chief of British Vogue earlier in the year.<\/p>\n
The cover features mixed-race model and activist Adwoa Aboah. Adwoa Aboah is also of British and Ghanaian descent.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the year, she appeared on the cover of American Vogue with Liu Wen, Ashley Graham, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Imaan Hammam, and Vittoria Ceretti.<\/p>\n
Edward Enninful as the first black man to take this role is bringing diversity and inclusivity to the forefront.<\/p>\n
The cover photo which was styled by Edward himself and photographed by Steven Meisel. The photo shows Adwoa Aboah wearing a Marc Jacobs dress and turban with diamond earrings. Channelling 70s beauty with blue eyeshadow and glossy red lips done by makeup artist Pat McGrath.<\/p>\n
Announcing the latest issue, Edward Enninful said:<\/p>\n
The December 2017 issue is dedicated to Great Britain and the creatives who represent it at home and abroad. Welcome to the #NewVogue. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n Adwoa Aboah also shared her joy on the iconic cover saying:<\/p>\n \u201cWhere do I even begin. Speechless, overwhelmed and grateful. Never in a million years did I think that one day I\u2019d be on the cover of @britishvogueeven more so one that marks such a monumental change and a new beginning. Thank you @edward_enninful I\u2019m so very proud of you, you deserve this. Thank you for choosing me to be you\u2019re first cover girl. Thank you to #stevenmiesel for the most magical shoot I\u2019ve ever been on. Mother @patmcgrathreal and @guidopalau for the constant support over the two day shoot and for making me feel like one in a million. To everyone who made this possible, thank you. #newvogue\u201d<\/em> Ghanaians in the diaspora keep winning. Ghanaian-born Edward Enninful just produced his first British Vogue cover. This is his first cover since he was confirmed as the new editor-in-chief of British Vogue earlier in the year. The cover features mixed-race model and activist Adwoa Aboah. Adwoa Aboah is also of British and Ghanaian descent. Earlier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6037,"featured_media":3394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6037"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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