Sunday Omony
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Sunday Omony is a Ugandan-Canadian plus-size model,TV host and an author.
Career
Omony hosted Calgary's Miss South Sudan 2010 Pageant and Canada's Miss Exotika beauty pageant in 2013.{{cite web |title=Sunday Omony and Marilou Ignacio Set to Host Miss Exotika Calgary |url=http://www.calgaryfashion.ca/2013/10/14/sunday-omony-and-marilou-ignacio-set-to-host-1st-ms-exotika-calgary/ |publisher=Calgary Fashion |accessdate=3 January 2014}} She worked as a procurement analyst in the oil industry.{{cite web |last=Guinot |first=Venicia |title=Africa Day Interview: Sunday Omony |url=http://www.tropicsmagazine.fr/article-africa-day-interview-sunday-omony-plus-size-model-host-procurement-analyst-115990582.html |publisher=Tropics Magazine |accessdate=3 January 2014}}
=Modeling=
Omony started modeling when she was sixteen.{{cite web |title=Sunday Omony Fashion and humanitarian work |date=October 2011 |url=http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-curvy/curvy-news/2011/10/sunday-omony |accessdate=2 January 2014}} She was first spotted by a Mode Models agent in 2002 at a career fair. She modeled for African magazines FabAfriq and Tropics.{{cite news |title=Uganda; Omony, Successful Plus-Size Model |newspaper=The Observer |location=Kampala |date=March 1, 2012}} She has modeled for Italian Vogue,{{cite web |last=Olsen |first=Linda |title=Model aiming to make big difference |url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=9483772a-a996-4079-8511-22ac50265423 |publisher=Calgary Herald |accessdate=3 January 2014}} Old Navy and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
She started losing weight when she first started modeling, pressured to be skinny by industry standards. Instead, she became a full-time plus-size model. She has been interviewed on the CBC's Daybreak Alberta about her plus-size modeling and activism.{{cite web |title=Sunday Omony |url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/Daybreak+Alberta/ID/2256579202/ |work=Daybreak Alberta |publisher=CBC |accessdate=3 January 2014}}
=Humanitarian=
Omony started the non-profit organization Immigrant Youth Empowerment Society in 2004. The mission of the organization is to empower young people in their neighborhoods around education and family life.{{cite news |last=Tayler |first=Theresa |title=Fiercely real role model; Local fashion model lends her talent to humanitarian work. |newspaper=Canwest News Service |date=June 23, 2011}} She also works with the FEED1 Project, Hearts 4 Peace, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Omony had her own TV show, the Sunday Omony Show, which aired on Shaw TV.{{cite web |title=Women of Vision |url=http://globalnews.ca/video/414584/woman-of-vision-sunday-omony |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=3 January 2014}}
Personal life
Omony was born in the Kitgum District of Uganda before moving to Canada when she was 6. She is the oldest of four siblings.{{cite web |title=Interview Exclusive: Sunday Omony on Plus Size Modeling |url=http://www.adunagow.net/main/?p=1876 |publisher=Adunagow Magazine |accessdate=3 January 2014}} In 1991, she moved to Canada. She lives in Calgary, Alberta. Omony is studying for a bachelor's degree in Communications and Culture from the University of Calgary.
In 2017 Omony falsely accused a member of the Calgary Police Service of racial profiling after refusing to pull over during a traffic stop.
She later retracted her statements after video of the interaction was released publicly that refuted her claims of racism and profiling by the members of the CPS.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.sundayomony.com/}}
- [http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Its-Up-to-You-to-Define-Yoursel TEDxYYC talk]
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Category:Canadian female models
Category:Activists from Calgary
Category:Female models from Alberta
Category:People from Kitgum District
Category:Ugandan emigrants to Canada