Sudanese-Born, Howard U Discovered Anok Yai Opens Prada Show As 1st Model of Color in 20 Years

Sudanese-Born, Howard U Discovered Anok Yai Opens Prada Show As 1st Model of Color in 20 Years

It's been over 20 years since a model of color opened the Prada show in Milan. Sudanese model, 19-year-old Anok Yai ended that black beauty drought on Thursday night. 

Teen Vogue highlights Prada's lack of runway diversity, with The Guardian pointing out that between Naomi's 1997 opening the show runway walk and Jourdan Dunn being cast in 2008, the highly influential Miuccia Prada didn't feature one black model on her runway. 

We first wrote about Anok Yai and her discovery at a Howard University fundraising even last fall, when she appeared in Prada's Black Nylon S/S 2018 campaign.