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NZ Māori 🌿 Model with a Message 💖
Beauty, Fashion & Wavy Curly Hair 🌊👩🏼‍🦱
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Represented by: @noirtheagency
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5 years ago, NOIR was an idea I had for years that I only finally got the courage to pursue when I became a mother. Something in me wanted to show her and myself that the dreams we are blessed with are worth pursuing, despite their magnitude or our fears; and with all of you, we’re doing it!

Since then, NOIR has become hundreds of beautiful faces, opportunities in film, fashion and commercials; friendships, lessons, ridiculous emails and so many proud moments. Most importantly, it has become a community of people who believed there was room for something different; people who hold space for and encourage one another.

So yes, this party was in January. Yes, it is now August. Apparently running an agency, raising a family meant that the anniversary post celebrating 5 years in business required an additional 7 months in post-production 😂 Looking back at these photos now actually feels so special. 

Building a small, independent agency centred around diversity has meant learning as I go, challenging conventions, navigating an ever-changing industry, making mistakes and getting better and sometimes creating the space I was waiting for someone else to make.

So thank you.
To the people who have been here since the beginning. To everyone who has trusted me with their careers, faces and stories. To the clients and creatives who took a chance on NOIR. To the people who understood that behind the emails and bookings is also a woman learning how to run a business whilst raising a young family. To those who offered patience, encouragement, advice and opportunities and, frankly, even to some of the people who doubted us. You gave me something to prove. 

5 years later, we're still here.
Still evolving. Still making space.
And I think that's worth celebrating, even 7 months late 🖤

Aroha,
Chichi Nyangoni 
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