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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Supermodel of the Bahamas title winners will walk this fall in Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW). A planning meeting was held recently in Vancouver, Canada between VFW, Supermodel of the Bahamas (SMB) and TheBahamasWeekly.com (for SMB). Left to right: Jamal Abdourahman, Founder / Producer, VFW; Robbin Whachell, Editor/Co-founder TheBahamasWeekly.com, media sponsors for Supermodel of the Bahamas; and Kim Krempien of Vancouver Fashion Week.
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Supermodel of the Bahamas is please to announce a partnership with
Vancouver Fashion Week to have both of this year's male and female
winners walk in their Spring/Summer 2014 event taking place this
September 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is located in
western Canada.
"I am very moved by our collaboration with
Vancouver Fashion Week, which will
expose the Supermodel of the Bahamas winners to a new market and
media. We've had previous winners walk in shows in the USA, but this is
our first time in Canada," said Oilinsha Coakley, CEO of Oilnsha's
Models and Talent Management / Founder, Supermodel of the Bahamas.
Robbin
Whachell, Editor, Co-founder, TheBahamasWeekly.com helped facilitate
the collaboration as media sponsors of the search, and recently met with
Vancouver Fashion Week's production team to go over the details. "We
are excited to be able to assist with this
initiative," she said."Models are different the world over, and Bahamian
beauty is truly
one-of-a-kind. It's wonderful to afford these models the opportunity of
being seen on the
world stage."
"We are very excited to collaborate with Supermodel of the Bahamas
and The Bahamas Weekly to showcase Bahamian talent and link them with
international designers," said Jamal Abdourahman, Founder / Producer, Vancouver Fashion Week.
Vancouver Fashion Week is a diverse and innovative fashion experience
that features both emerging and established designers and
actively seeks out to showcase international award-winning designers
from over 30 global fashion capitals. This bi-annual six day event is
attended by over 20,000 guests, including industry professionals,
buyers, media, and VIP's. The Spring/Summer 2014
season showcase will be held from September 16th to 21st. The shows will be streamed live online, so anyone anywhere will be able to tune in.
Supermodel
of the Bahamas is the #1 model search in the country which discovers
new faces. Candidates are trained and pushed to
perform, whereupon it becomes obvious after photo shoots, runway shows,
and interviews, who is made for the life of a model. This year has some
exciting fresh faces! The competition unveiling is set for Saturday,
June 22nd at the Towne Hotel in Nassau at 1pm and is a masquerade theme.
The big finale, themed "Sparkle" will be held at the Rainforest Theatre
on July 21st at 7pm. Further details on the competition can be found at http://supermodelbahamas.wix.com/supermodels
Keep current with the competition on Facebook at Supermodel of the Bahamas.
Vancouver Fashion Week on Facebook.
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