(Left to right) Singapore models Srri Ramm, Jean Ong and Diya Prabhakar are gracing international magazines and runways (Photo source: Vogue SG/Female magazine/Cecilie Bahnsen) Jean Yong, managed by NOW Model Management, has been doing both the New York and Paris circuits in the last few years New Paper New Face 2014 winner Diya Prabhakar rocked the Cecilie Bahnsen Fall/Winter 22 collection in Paris and rising star Srri Ramm was booked directly for the Jacquemus show in France. Singapore models are now strutting their stuff on the international catwalk. The tides have changed and these girls are seeing the return of jobs both in Singapore and overseas after the Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions. Sidelined by foreign faces for more than 10 years when most labels and runway producers book only the foreign models, Singapore models like Diya Prabhakar, Jean Ong and Srri Ramm are now in high demand even in the international fashion arena. Yet, without enacting a similar legislation, the demand for local models in Singapore’s fashion scene has made a resurgence. This is the country’s move to take back the narrative of representation in the country’s native population, protect them in the fashion industry, and develop its talent pool. Fashion models hailing from other lands are no longer allowed to work in Nigeria under the law.
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