Top model Toni Garrn gets down and detailed with Models.com about her work as an ambassador with Plan International and their efforts towards educating girls throughout the world and specifically Burkina Faso. AOC wrote last November about Toni’s personal connection to the ‘Because I Am A Girl’ project and the fundraiser campaign she launched with German brand Closed denim.

All images by Alique with styling by Maher Jridi, interview by Irene Ojo-Felix, and creative direction by Stephan Moskovic. / Hair by Rita Marmor; makeup by Sir John.

Garrn reports that sales from her Closed denim campaign have already come close to meeting the goal in Burkina Faso of educating now 600 women (the video says 450) for three years to become teachers. 588 somen between 20-25 years old are now being educated.

Following, perhaps, in the footsteps of Naomi Campbell in London, Garrn had a flea market during fashion week.

I’ve been collecting clothes and accessories since I was 14 a lot of it was trade that I got from fashion shows and I put away. I had several suitcases at some point. I just thought I can’t give this away, there has to be a way to make this bigger and get money to help from it. I emailed every model friend I had and I got so much stuff. Kasia Struss, Arlenis Sosa, Karlie, Constance, Rianne Tenhaken, Sigrid, Christy Turlington. Liya gave me some nice pieces of her Lem Lem collection. It’s nice to make room in our NY apartments for a good reason. Spring Studios gave me a space, which is amazing. I steamed and tagged everything for a week and Google-d how much everything was worth in today’s market. In one day, we raised $20,000. People who came said “I wish I had heard about this sooner. I wish I could have given you more” so next time I think I’ll do it for at least 2-3 days.

Toni Garrn In Burkina Faso With Plan International

Garrn is headed for Zimbabwe in August 2015 to start work there with Plan International. And while she believes awareness of problems is important, she is very direct in asking readers to get out the plastic and contribute to becauseiamagirl.ca, plan.de, or planusa.org.