Mayowa Nicholas
{{short description|Nigerian model}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Mayowa Nicholas
| image = Mayowa Nicholas on Love Magazine.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Mayowa Nicholas interviewed by Love magazine in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|5|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| death_date =
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| height = {{height|m=1.80}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesocietymanagement.com/details/women/215-mayowa-nicholas.app |title=Mayowa Nicholas |access-date=2017-08-31 |publisher=The Society Management}}
| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Brown
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- The Society Management (New York)
- Elite Model Management (Paris, Milan, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen)
- Beth Model Management Africa (Lagos){{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/mayowa-nicholas|title=Mayowa Nicholas - Model}}}}
}}
Mayowa Nicholas (22 May 1998) is a Nigerian fashion model. She is the first Nigerian model to star in a Dolce & Gabbana, Saint Laurent, and Calvin Klein campaigns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elitemodellook.com/int/en/home/mayowa-nicholas-for-calvin-klein/index.htm|title = Mayowa Nicholas is the First Nigerian Face of Calvin Klein}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/mayowa-nicholas-gele-wrap-lagos-fashion-and-design-week-model-nigeria|title=Nigerian Model Mayowa Nicholas Shows Us How a Gele Head Wrap Is Really Done|date=4 November 2016}}
Career
Mayowa Nicholas was a finalist of the 2014 Elite Model Look contest (along with Italian model Greta Varlese).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elitemodellook.com/int/en/home/mayowa-nicholass-guide-to-lagos/index.htm|title=Mayowa Nicholas's Guide to Lagos}}{{cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/life/events/interview-with-past-elite-model-look-winners-2014-mayowa-nicholas-and-victor-ndigwe/|title=Interview With Past Elite Model Look Winners 2014 Mayowa Nicholas And Victor Ndigwe|date=31 August 2015}}
In her first runway season, 2015, she appeared in shows for Balmain, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Kenzo, Hermès, and Acne Studios among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-black/the-black-blog/2015/03/mayowa-nicholas-|title=Mayowa Nicholas - Vogue.it}} More recently, she has worked with high-profile designers like Prada, Miu Miu, Versace, Chanel, Michael Kors, and Oscar de la Renta.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/prada-spring-2017-model-casting-overview|title=Prada's Casting Is More Diverse and Distinctive Than Ever|date=22 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/brands/atelier-versace/shows/2016/autumn-winter/20592/mayowa-nicholas-518632/|title=Photo feat. Mayowa Nicholas - Atelier Versace - Autumn/Winter 2016 Couture - paris - Fashion Show - Brands|website=FashionModelDirectory.com}}{{cite web|url=http://en.vogue.fr/fashion-shows/shows/defile/spring-summer-2017-paris-chanel/19530#show-13|title=Chanel: Spring/Summer 2017|first=Vogue|last=English|access-date=2018-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622204933/https://en.vogue.fr/fashion-shows/shows/defile/spring-summer-2017-paris-chanel/19530#show-13|archive-date=2018-06-22|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/t-magazine/fashion/michael-kors-beauty-new-york-fashion-week-mayowa-nicholas.html|title=Model Beauty Secrets, From a New York Fashion Week Newcomer|first=Kari|last=Molvar|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 September 2016}} She has also starred in a Dolce & Gabbana campaign.{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/dolce--gabbana-dolce--gabbana-fw-2016/538838?|title=Dolce & Gabbana F/W 2016 (Dolce & Gabbana)}}
She was supposed to make her debut in the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, but days before the show, her visa to travel to China was rejected, along with several Russian and Ukrainian models, which prevented her from walking the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.konbini.com/ng/lifestyle/mayowa-nicholas-couldnt-make-it-to-her-debut-victorias-secret-fashion-show/|title=Mayowa Nicholas Was Denied A Visa To China & Missed Her Victoria's Secret Debut|first=Damilola|last=Animashaun|date=21 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a13800611/55-victorias-secret-models-photocall-in-shanghai/|title=55 Victoria's Secret Models Just Attended Their Photocall in Shanghai|date=18 November 2017}} She officially made her debut in the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/victorias-secret-fashion-show-models-2018|title = Gigi, Bella, and Kendall Will Walk in This Year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|date = 8 September 2018}}
Nicholas is currently ranked as one of Models.com's "Top 50" models.{{Cite web|url=https://models.com/rankings/ui/Top50/19756#19756|title=MODELS.com's Top 50 Models|website=models.com|access-date=2019-01-13}}
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Category:21st-century Nigerian women
Category:Nigerian female models