Chosen by casting director Katherine Mateo and coiffed by Jawara, the Angolan model dazzled in a total white look, says a statement sent to VerAngola.
Brand founder and creator Kerby Jean Raymond is the first African American to be an official guest at Paris Haute Couture. As a black citizen in modern America, he chose Elaine Brown, former president of the Black Panthers—an American political party that emerged to defend the African-American community—for the event's opening address.
Amilna Estevão is part of a generation that has been reformulating the standards and limits of beauty. In late 2019, she was one of the models chosen to be part of the book Supreme Models – Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion, which features names like Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks and Joan Smalls.