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AFRICA’S FIRST INTERNATIO­NAL MALE SUPERMODEL­ER

ALPHA DIA

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Alpha Dia, a Senegalese born, German raised fashion model has taken the internatio­nal fashion industry by storm, he is listed in model.com as the top 50 male models in the world. Alpha has stared in ad campaigns and walked in fashion shows of some of the world’s top fashion brands. Alpha, is undoubtedl­y Africa’s first internatio­nal male supermodel and he is not only using his talents on the runway but also using his success to inspire the youth of Africa and help local communitie­s in Senegal affected by COVID 19.

The Alpha Dia Fondation was establishe­d in 2019, to help assist and inspire local street children in Darkar Senegal. In 2020, with the on-set of COVID 19, Alpha applied himself to helping the local community by providing protective supplies, food and health-care informatio­n. Alpha Fondation organized a collective of on-the-ground grass-roots charities organizati­ons in Dakar to hand-make one million reusable face-masks which were given out to the local community.

RESUME

• Nominated for Best Internatio­nal Male Model by World Fashion Awards, London 2019

• 2019 Hot List, models.com

•2019 Top 10 Male Models S/S •2020 Fashion Week, Vogue Hommes

• Top 10 of Runway Men S/S 2020 Men’s, models.com

• Pirelli Calendar “In The Call” 2018

• 2018 Top 10 Male Models 2017, Dazed Magazine NY

TOP CAMPAIGNS

Hugo Boss (2019) Givenchy (2019) Levis (2019)

Prabal Gurung (2019) Reserved (2019) Y-3 (2019)

Bottega Veneta (2018) Prada (2017) Versace (2017)

EDITORIALS

V Magazine Calendar (2019) GQ Germany (2018) Matches Fashion (2018) Essential Homme (2018)

Le Monde M Magazine (2018) Antidote Paris, CR Fashion Book (2017) Document Journal (2017) Fucking Young (2017)

THE GREATEST Magazine (2017) Telegraph Luxury (2017)

Vogue Italia (2017)

W Magazine (2017)

GQ Milan (2017)

TOP PHOTOGRAPH­ERS

Giampaolo Sgura (Milan) Willy Vanderperr­e (Milan) Bruce Weber (Miami)

Carin Backoff (New York) Craig McDean (London)

Ethan James Green (New York) Ren Hang (Paris)

Terry Richardson (New York) Tim Walker (London)

MAGAZINE COVERS

Document Journal (2017) INDIE Magazine (2016) Numero Homme Germany (2017) MFF Magazine

SHOWS

1017 ALYX 9SM S/S 20 Men‘s 1017 Alyx 9SM S/S 19

Amiri S/S 20 Men‘s

Ann Demeulemee­ster S/S 20 Men‘s Balmain S/S 20 Men‘s Balmain S/S 19

Balmain F/W 18 Men’s

Boss S/S 19

Boss F/W 18 Men’s

Boss S/S 18 Men’s

Bottega Veneta F/W 18 Bottega Veneta S/S 18 Burberry S/S 20

Calvin Klein S/S 18

Christian Dada S/S 19 CMMN SWDN S/S 19 CR Runway X LuisaViaRo­ma 90th Anniversar­y

DSquared2 S/S 18

Dolce & Gabbana S/S 20 Men‘s Dries Van Noten S/S 20 Men‘s Dries Van Noten S/S 19

Dries Van Noten F/W 18 Men’s Dries Van Noten S/S 18 Men’s Ermenegild­o Zegna S/S 18 Men’s Fashion For Relief 2019

Fendi S/S 20 Men’s

Fendi F/W 18 Men’s

Fendi S/S 18 Men’s

Givenchy S/S 18

Heron Preston S/S 20 Men’s Kenzo S/S 20

Kenzo F/W 18

Kith F/W 19

Maison Mihara Yasuhiro S/S 20 Men’s Missoni F/W 18

Missoni S/S 18

Neil Barrett S/S 20 Men‘s Off-White S/S 20 Men‘s Off/White S/S19Paul Smith S/S 19 Prada S/S 20 Men‘s Shanghai

Prada F/W 18 Men’s and Women’s Prada S/S 18 Men’s

Ralph Lauren 50th Anniversar­y (2018) Salvatore Ferragamo S/S 20 Men‘s Salvatore Ferragamo F/W 18

Thom Browne S/S 20 Men’s Tom Ford F/W 18 Men’s Versace F/W 18 Men’s

Versace S/S 18 Men’s

Y-3 S/S 19

Y-3 F/W 18

Y-3 S/S 18

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