Sara Nuru
{{short description|German fashion model|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_place = Erding, Bavaria, West Germany
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| height = 1.76 m
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Sara Nuru (born 19 August 1989) is a German fashion model and entrepreneur.Carolina Schwarz and Lin Hierse (7 March 2020), [https://taz.de/Sara-Nuru-ueber-die-Karriere-von-Frauen/!5666016/ Sara Nuru über die Karriere von Frauen: „Ich wurde andauernd unterschätzt“] Die Tageszeitung. She was the winner of the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.
Since 2016, Nuru has been running nuruCoffee, a fair trade coffee company, and supporting Ethiopian women with microcredits through her non-profit nuruWomen.Ulrike Timm (5 March 2020), [https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/model-und-unternehmerin-sara-nuru-von-der-kraft-der-100.html Model und Unternehmerin Sara Nuru: Von der Kraft der äthiopischen Kaffeezeremonie] Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Early life
Nuru's parents are Ethiopian emigrants of Tigray and Amhara ethnic heritage. Her mother, Mulu is a Christian and her father, Hussein is Muslim. She has two sisters.{{cite book |last1=Waegner |first1=Cathy Covell |last2=Laws |first2=Page R |last3=de Laforcade |first3=Geoffroy |date=2011 |title=Transculturality and perceptions of the immigrant other : "from-heres" and "come-heres" in Virginia and North Rhine-Westphalia |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/825978037 |location=Newcastle Upon Tyne |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Pub |page=207 |isbn=978-1443827751|oclc=825978037 }}
In 1999 Nuru moved to Munich with her family. She speaks four languages: German, English, Arabic and a little bit of Amharic, her parents' native language.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prosieben.de/stars/star-datenbank/sara-nuru|title=Star Datenbank - Sara Nuru|website=prosieben.de|date=16 February 2022 }}
Career
During high school, a friend of Nuru's persuaded her to participate in the fourth cycle casting of Germany's Next Topmodel in Munich. Nuru was chosen as one of the finalists and won jobs for Sony Ericsson and Gillette during the competition. On 21 May 2009, Nuru was announced as the fourth cycle's winner and the first Ethiopian winner. Unlike the three previous winners of Germany's Next Topmodel, Nuru did not win a modeling contract with IMG Models, but with the Heidi Klum GmbH, whose manager is Heidi's father Günther Klum.{{cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4272114,00.html|title=Germany in top-model fever as the "Yes-She-Can" girl wins hit TV show |last=Tasovac|first=Toma|date=22 May 2009|publisher=Deutsche Welle|accessdate=16 June 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/818/469376/text/|title=Topmodel-Finale: Sara Nuru gewinnt – A-ha!|last=Schneeberger|first=Ruth|date=22 May 2009|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|accessdate=15 June 2009|language=de}}
File:Life Ball 2013 - magenta carpet Sara Nuru 01.jpg
Before Nuru won Germany's Next Topmodel, she had already been given the opportunity to gain experience as a model for friendly designers after she was approached by a photographer when she was 15 years old. She appeared in a fashion show held in Dresden which also featured cycle 3's winner Jennifer Hof.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
In 2009, Nuru started a modeling career. She walked in shows in London Fashion Week London, New York Fashion Week New York, Milan Fashion Week Milan and Berlin Fashion Week Berlin, such as Escada Laurèl, Guido Maria Kretschmer, Gant, Cesar Galindo NY, Custo Barcelona and Roberto Cavalli.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
In September 2022 she joined the criticism of Germany's Next Topmodel as she said: "I was not aware of how blatantly young women were treated there. It was as if I had blinders on, a lot is me I wasn't aware of it even as a participant. I'm still horrified by how young women are treated."{{cite web | url=https://www.promiflash.de/news/2022/09/23/umgang-mit-gntm-girls-ex-gewinnerin-sara-nuru-ist-entsetzt.html | title=Umgang mit GNTM-Girls: Ex-Gewinnerin Sara Nuru ist entsetzt | date=23 September 2022 }} She added: "With the knowledge I have today, I would not take part in Germany's Next Topmodel again."{{cite web | url=https://www.prisma.de/magazin/hallo/Sara-Nuru-Ich-wuerde-an-GNTM-nicht-noch-einmal-teilnehmen,41516494 | title=Sara Nuru: "Ich würde an GNTM nicht noch einmal teilnehmen" }}
Philanthropy
Since 2012, Nuru has been an ambassador for Karlheinz Böhm's charity Menschen für Menschen, with a focus on Ethiopia.Sven Kuschel (19 December 2012), [https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/sara-nuru/tritt-das-erbe-von-karlheinz-boehm-an-27734876.bild.html Topmodel Sara Nuru tritt das große Erbe von Karlheinz Böhm an] Bild. In 2018, Germany's Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Müller appointed her as Special Ambassador for Sustainable Consumption and Production.Gerd Nowakowski (10 March 2021), [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/topmodel-sara-nuru-am-anfang-wurde-ich-belaechelt-und-heruntergemacht/26991476.html Topmodel Sara Nuru: „Am Anfang wurde ich belächelt und heruntergemacht“] Der Tagesspiegel. She also works with advocacy and campaigning organization ONE.[https://www.one.org/de/press/fairness-darf-kein-luxus-sein-one-sara-nuru-starten-kampagne-um-kaffeesteuer-auf-fairen-kaffee-abzuschaffen/ Fairness darf kein Luxus sein: ONE & Sara Nuru starten Kampagne, um Kaffeesteuer auf fairen Kaffee abzuschaffen] ONE, press release of 8 September 2020.
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Category:German people of Ethiopian descent