“To me modelling is destiny. I can’t begin to tell you how I feel when I’m on the runway,” says Guyana’s newest Top Model Nkechi Vaughn. “I swear I am transformed. It is like I am this fiery diva that switches on upon entrance and off upon exit of the runway. I couldn’t possibly call that a job if I get to wake up every day to do it.”
Since winning the television reality show that concluded with a grand fashion show in April this year Nkechi has been busy and under the spotlight. Finally, after returning to Guyana from Caribbean New York Fashion Week she sat down with The Scene to talk about the competition and her career goals.
“I’ve noticed a pattern in the way we Guyanese or Caribbean people live in general. The only successful direction seems to be study hard; get a proper job; pay bills; die. I mean, only a few dreams come true, and those are nothing too out of the box. In Guyana, modelling is a mediocre profession due to our premature industry. It’s not taken seriously like in the fashion capitals of the world; because there,