the first designer that I worked with, his name is Pathé’O. He just did a collaboration with Dior. I remember the first time, before I reached to his office, I did not know where it was. I walked three hours from this area to another one to another one to another one. Finally I reached his office, and I introduced myself. I said, “Just try clothes on me and pay me so I can go to school.” So, you know —

In Burkina Faso at least 60% of people don’t have access to clean drinking water. Model Georgie Badiel is educating women on how to restore broken wells, bringing clean water to over 100,000 people #SheRoars #WorldEnvironmentDay (Source: TicToc)

Malgré des progrès, il y a encore des milliards de personnes considérées comme des «laissés pour compte» dans l'accès à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement. Suivez depuis New York, l'auteure, militante et mannequin connue, Georgie Badiel Liberty.

Top fashion model turned water activist Georgie Badiel founded her water-focused Georgie Badiel Foundation in 2015. Before launching her foundation, Badiel was Miss Africa in 2004, and then became a top fashion model working for luxury brands like Marc Jacobs and Oscar de La Renta. Georgie has graced the cover of fashion’s bible, Women’s Wear Daily, and is still a working model, having recently walked in Diane Von Furstenburg’s presentation during February's New York Fashion Week.

This August, two broken wells in Tanguin Dassouri, a town in central Burkina Faso, were successfully restored, thanks in part to the fundraising and awareness campaign of a group of passionate Oceanside elementary and high school students.