Big Read: The untold struggles of models in Nigeria’s fashion industry

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“He told me if I complied with his requests, he’d feature me on the runway at Lagos Fashion Week.”


Contrary to what you may think, this is not a fairytale story, instead, it is a narrative of James, a male model whose dreams of stardom were shattered by the unsavoury demands of predatory casting directors.


Let’s take a rewind to the beginning of how it all started.

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