Nyakim Gatwech
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Nyakim Gatwech | |
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 Gatwech in 2020 | |
| Born | January 27, 1993 |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
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Nyakim Gatwech (born January 27, 1993) is an Ethiopian-American model of South Sudanese descent. She has attracted attention for her dark skin color and has achieved significant popularity on Instagram.[1]
Before Nyakim Gatwech started her modelling career, she was a student of Cloud State University, where she studied nursing. It was during her university days that she started her fashion modelling career.[2]
Biography
Nyakim Gatwech's parents lived in Maiwut, South Sudan, before they fled due to the Second Sudanese Civil War to Gambela, Ethiopia, where Gatwech was born. From there, the family migrated to Kenya where they lived in refugee camps until they migrated to the US when Gatwech was 14 years old. Originally settling in Buffalo, New York, Gatwech later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although she has never been to South Sudan, Gatwech considers herself to be South Sudanese.[3] She considered a modeling career after taking part in a fashion show at St. Cloud State University.[4][5] She has appeared in promotional posters for the 2017 film Jigsaw.[6]
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