Sara Nuru

Sara Nuru (born 19 August 1989) is a German fashion model. She was the winner of the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.

Sara Nuru
Born
Sara Nuru

(1989-08-19) 19 August 1989
Erding, Bavaria, West Germany
Modeling information
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Websitewww.saranuru.com

Early life

Sara Nuru's parents are Ethiopian emigrants of Amhara ethnic heritage. Her mother, Mulu is a Christian and her father, Hussein is muslim. She has two sisters.[1]

In 1999 she moved to Munich with her family. Sara speaks four languages, German, English, Arabic and a little bit of Amharic, her parents native language.[2]

Career
Sara Nuru as Scheherazade, on a billboard for the opening show of the Life Ball 2013 in Vienna.

During highschool, a friend of Nuru's persuaded her to participate in the fourth cycle casting of Germany's Next Topmodel in Munich. Nuru was chosen as one of the finalists and won jobs for Sony Ericsson and Gillette during the competition. On 21 May 2009 Nuru was announced as the fourth cycle's winner and the first Ethiopian winner. Unlike the three previous winners of Germany's Next Topmodel, Nuru did not win a modeling contract with IMG Models, but with the Heidi Klum GmbH, whose manager is Heidi's father Günther Klum.[3][4]

Sara Nuru at the Life Ball 2013.

Before Nuru won Germany's Next Topmodel, she had already been given the opportunity to gain experience as a model for friendly designers after she was approached by a photographer when she was 15 years old. She appeared in a fashion show held in Dresden which also featured cycle 3's winner Jennifer Hof.

In 2009, Nuru started a modeling career. She walked in shows in London Fashion Week London, New York Fashion Week New York, Milan Fashion Week Milan and Berlin Fashion Week Berlin, such as Escada Laurèl, Guido Maria Kretschmer, Gant, Cesar Galindo NY, Custo Barcelona and Roberto Cavalli.

References
  1. Waegner, Cathy Covell; Laws, Page R; de Laforcade, Geoffroy (2011). Transculturality and perceptions of the immigrant other : "from-heres" and come-heres" in Virginia and North Rhine-Westphalia. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 207. ISBN 1443827754.
  2. https://www.prosieben.de/stars/star-datenbank/sara-nuru
  3. Tasovac, Toma (May 22, 2009). "Germany in top-model fever as the "Yes-She-Can" girl wins hit TV show". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  4. Schneeberger, Ruth (May 22, 2009). "Topmodel-Finale: Sara Nuru gewinnt – A-ha!" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved June 15, 2009.


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