A week ago I was invited to the Caron Renaissance event. After the usual glitter and glamour, one had to come back to the realities facing this world today. It doesn’t matter if you are from the inner cities of America, South America, and to that matter Africa…the problems are the same. You have drugs, […]
Its now official…I have moved to New York to start my career at Next Models Agency, NYC. Over the last few months I was busy wrapping up all my other engagements and organize my charity work, to make sure I put my 100 percent in my new challenge in NY. There are many people to […]
It has been 14 years now since I last saw my mother’s smile. Every 21st of May is a difficult day for me. Even though time does heal the soul and the pain dulls, the sense of loss is ever present. The day my mother died, 3 days of national mourning was declared, not because […]
by Flaviana Matata Modeling in Tanzania is a relative new profession and has been misjudged often to be a promiscuous job. It has taken time to gain some acceptance within the society. But what makes things more difficult has been the more modern clothes that are often short or revealing. For instance, posing in a […]
by Flaviana Matata When I was asked to visit African Leadership Academy (ALA) and CIDA City Campus I had no clue as to what to expect. But the more I learnt about the schools the more exited and honored I got about the visit. The two schools have the same goal, but structured differently but […]
Hello! So, I have arrived in New York and have started my modeling life here in America. I am so excited to share these photos with you…no one else has seen them. They are from a shoot I just did. I am wlaking this week in fashion week and couldn’t be more excited. Thank you […]
It has been a while now that my life had taken on a sense of expectation. It has been almost 3 months since I met Russell Simmons at a charity event In New York. It was Life Project for Africa – a fund raising event for the construction of a children’s hospital in Tanzania. It […]
It has been a while now that my life had taken on a sense of expectation. It has been almost 3 months since I met Russell Simmons at a charity event In New York. It was Life Project for Africa – a fund raising event for the construction of a children’s hospital in Tanzania. It […]
I am grateful to God for the blessings this year, including getting to know Uncle Rush who has worked so hard in helping me achieve my dreams. I always have my late mother in my thoughts too, and I am so happy to have my family with me this Christmas. And even though in the […]
Natural beauty is used but not practiced often. Today there are many clever modern ways to look different. People in general but women in particular are never satisfied with what they have when it comes to their looks. White women are busy tanning to get some color into their skin, while Black women whiten their […]
Modeling is probably the dream of many girls all over the world, but few are willing and ready to dream big, instead they settle for second best. For me modeling is not just walking on the catwalk or having my photo taken. In every photo that I take I am selling a product and I […]
