Photographed by Derick Marquez, Styled By Sofia Maame 5’3” chocolate skinned, former Howard University tennis player Ama Osei is one of beauty’s freshest faces and proof that good things do indeed come in small packages. Born of Ghanaian descent, Ama’s mesmerizing looks are like that of melanin goddesses with an attitude that’s as equally fierce. When Ama isn’t appearing in commercial ads from D.C to NYC, she’s offering West African cooking tutorials on Instagram. I interviewed Ama on what it’s like to be a petite model in all of it’s excitement and truth. Here’s what she had to say: Ama: Hi this is Ama Osei, I don’t know what else to say [haha]. Sofia: Let’s start off with a quick game. I’m going to mention three things and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes to mind. Ama: Okay… Sofia: The first thing: Modeling. Ama: Fun [pause], Glam. Sofia: Being 23. Ama: Interesting. Sofia: Melanin. Ama: Poppin. Sofia: That was a good answer [haha]. Now that we got that out of the way, tell me more about this modeling career of yours. How long have you been actively pursuing modeling and how did you get into […]
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