Albino woman picked on and fetishised now modelling at London Fashion Week and in Vogue Magazine
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman with albinism who was "picked on" and fetishised at a younger age for her pale skin, grey eyes and blonde hair is now a model featuring in Vogue and London Fashion Week.
Alaina Nwosa, 20, a law student at Birmingham University originally from Ware, Hertfordshire, was occasionally teased at school for having albinism, an inherited condition that affects the production of melanin, the pigment that colours the skin, hair and eyes.
Alaina finds being a black woman with albinism "challenging", especially because she "never saw anyone else with albinism" in the media and pop culture so, when she was 17, she began sharing her experiences on social media to be "that representation" and help others "identify themselves". Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link But when she entered the dating world, she found that people would “fetishise” her, which she thinks “impacted the way (she) went about dating” in the future – now, she often finds she is defensive.
At age 19, an inclusive talent and model agency, Zebedee, approached her and she has been modelling through them ever since – she thinks if she saw someone like her doing so when she was younger, it would have been a “great way to motivate” herself.
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