Winnie Wanja is a Kenyan, a humanitarian and a model for over a decade.

Listen to Dr. Allie in conversation with Winnie as they reflect on modeling in the Kenyan context, challenges with regard to lack of structure, labor rights and intellectual property rights, and her work as a humanitarian.

Winnie enjoys beauty, editorial and commercial modeling and has worked for various international brands such as Coco Lilli, Adele Dejak, Jiamini and Maybelline.  She likes to demystify modeling myths as well as encourage and empower young models. In her other life as a humanitarian, she focuses on Monitoring and Evaluation of NGO programs. 

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