The 1st Model To Walk Victoria’s Secret Runway With Natural Hair, Maria, Is Now Putting African Fashion On Blast

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Angola’s very own Maria Borges has been raking the top models ranks for a very long time. The beautiful iconic star is an fashion legend to the portuguese speaking community and broke headlines being the first black model to hit the Victoria’s Secret runway without wearing a weave.

She was recently spotted in an African print skater dress of which couldn’t have been seen better on anyone else. It is not the first time the Angolan beauty has been seen giving us fire in African fashion. Not long ago sometime last year she was even spotted as a main featured model on Angola Fashion Week using her popularity to shed light on the creatives of her native country.

However, her popularity has grown tremendously, the model is now brave enough to reject a lot of major shows in the mainstream fashion weeks of which many models strive for. And with that said, she also giving us a taste of what it’s like to rock African fashion on her gram. See the beauty below in a dress by Lavie by CK and necklace by Tru Face by Glam.