How To Break Through: Malaika Firth first black model For Prada Campaign Since 1994

Malaika Firth is the first black model to star in a Prada advert since Naomi Campbell in 1994. Not bad for a 19-year-old! Malaika Firth's first ever campaign is starring in the autumn/winter 2013 advertising campaign. While Malaika sees it as a triumph she doesn’t consider herself to be ‘black’. Find out what more she had to say!

I ’m proud that I’m the second black model, but also, I’m mixed. I’m biracial. I find it really good that I’m not white and I’m not black. It’s amazing. Naomi Campbell is so big, so for me to be compared with her is wow.

She also names Joan Smalls and Jourdan Dunn–both super successful models of color as her role models. 

Good for her!