Eniola Abioro | |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1999 |
Birth Place: | Ogun State, Nigeria |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Occupation: | Model |
Hair Color: | Brown |
Eye Color: | Brown |
Eniola Abioro (born 1999) is a Nigerian fashion model. She is the first Nigerian model to walk for Prada.[1]
Abioro is the middle child in her family; she has an older brother and a younger sister.[2] She worked as a kindergarten teacher at a school called Grace Academy in Lagos, Nigeria. A local agency proprietor discovered her and convinced her family to let her pursue a career in modeling.[3]
Abioro signed with Next Management and debuted as a Prada exclusive in 2018.[3] She walked the runway for Versace, Giambattista Valli, Tommy Hilfiger, Off-White, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, and Loewe, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Altuzarra.[4] She has also walked for Jason Wu and modeled for Revlon, Fenty Beauty, Calvin Klein, and Tiffany and Co. After her first season, models.com listed her as a "Top Newcomer",[5] and as one of their "Top 50" models.[6]
Abioro has appeared in editorials for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue Italia, WSJ, and Elle.[7]