Kushe' Magazine Volume II December 2013 | Page 20

Meet Catwalk Diva, Soniesha P roud to be a born Sierra Leonean, Sonia Sesay, known as Soniesha, is a model, fashion designer, and business accounting student at the University of Essex in London, United Kingdom (UK). At the young age of 20, Soniesha has taken the modeling and pageant industry by storm. In 2010, she was the only African to make the top four of the Miss Teen Earth UK Beauty Pageant where 200 young women participated. Soniesha was crowned Miss Africa’s Most Elegant UK 2012 and hosted the first ever Miss Borough UK 2012 Beauty Pageant. Her passion for modeling and pageants has extended to the Miss Eastern Paddies and Miss Sierra Leone @50. She is currently a contestant for the Face of Africa, where she is representing Sierra Leone. 20