Nancy Nasenyana aka Ajuma biography

Ajuma Nasenyana (born 16 August 1984) is a supermodel.

Born in Lodwar, Turkana District, Kenya, Nasenyana's first foray into modeling was in the Miss Tourism Kenya competition in 2003, at which she was crowned Miss Nairobi. It is here that she came to the attention of Lyndsey McIntyre of Surazuri modeling agency, who immediately spotted her international potential.

Soon afterwards, Gamma photo agency came to Kenya to do a story on Lyndsey's scouting work and were so taken with the 5'10" beauty that she became the main feature of the story, which later ran in Gala Magazine, France. The pictures that were taken on this shoot were to provide the basis for Nasenyana's portfolio, and these were duly presented to top international agency Ford Models, who signed her up for the Ford Models Supermodel of the World Competition.

In November 2003, Nasenyana travelled to Europe to build her portfolio prior to the Supermodel finals in New York. She was soon signed up with top agencies in London, Italy, Austria, Spain, Ireland, Canada and Sweden.

She made modelling history when she became the first black model to win a contract worth $50,000 in an international competition open to all races.

Nasenyana participated in the New York Fashion Week alongside Naomi Campbell and Alek Wek for designers such as Baby Phat and Carlos Mienes before travelling to Milan to model for fashion houses such as Ungaro during the Italian Fashion Week. Paris was the final destination during the winter show season and British designer Vivienne Westwood made her the lead model in her show.

Since the end of the show season, Nasenyana has shot several magazine editorials, a video for Lacoste and a catalogue for Issey Miyake.

She was also featured in the Victoria's Secret 2006 fashion show.