For the first time in history, 12 indigenous models will strut their talent on the catwalk at one of the world’s biggest fashion weeks in Brazil.
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Among the top models will be Port Macquarie’s Shaneiva Chatfield.
The models are touring as part of the Circles Project, hosted by designer Vanessa Moe.
Sao Paulo Fashion Week is the fifth largest fashion event in the world, behind New York, London, Paris and Milan and has a reach of five million of people globally.
It is an incredible opportunity for the young Hastings model who will be joined by her mum Debra on the New York leg of her tour with Moree-born designer Colleen Tighe Johnson and her label Buluuy Mirrii.
- Circles Project launch by Vanessa Moe
Ms Tighe Johnson is continuing to make waves in the international fashion industry following her hugely successful showcase opening at PLITZS New York Fashion Week in February this year.
Her home-grown Gomeroi fashion label Buluuy Mirrii took centre stage during its international runway debut in New York earlier this year, and now it is set to gain even more exposure after being invited back to showcase her designs during PLITZS fall fashion week in September.
Four Aboriginal models will be joining her in New York in September, including Shaneiva whose father is from Gomeroi country in Coonabarabran.
While in New York, Ms Tighe Johnson’s designs will feature in a photo shoot in Times Square as part of a marketing campaign for the Buluuy Mirrii label.
Ms Tighe Johnson has been invited to take part in Canada’s Fashion Speaks International at Kamloops, British Columbia with other first nations designers and make-up artists from around the world.
- Designer Colleen Tighe's works on show at New York Fashion Week
