One of Africa's prettiest models - Pearl Amoah

Ghanaian international model, Pearl Amoah is not only a beautiful woman on the outside but she has a big heart for supporting the needy and deprived in society. Her journey into the world of pageants and fashion started when at a very tender age she emerged as a runner-up for Miss Ghana 1994. Later in 1996, she was crowned Miss Universe Ghana and through her participation in the international finale, she gained a career in modeling. She has since modeled in the United States, Paris, London, Germany, South Africa, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. In 1999, Pearl won the Ebony Africa Model of the year award.

Pearl has worked with some of the world’s most acclaimed designers such as Roberto Cavalli, Vivien Westwood, Halston, Donna Karen, Alberta Ferreti, Ralph Rucci, Jakie Rogers, Armani, Valentino and many more. Photographers such as Peter Lindberg, Dewy Nicks, Marco Glaviano, Frank Otten and Gean-Luca have captured Pearl’s radiant beauty for various magazines such as Vibe, Paris Voici, Essence, Black Elegance, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Cosmo Girl. She also booked campaigns such as Fruit of the Loom, Oil of Olay, Black Hair, Spiegel and Black Opal.

In 1999 she established a highly successful fashion boutique called Fashion House in Accra. Pearl also has an incredible talent in creativity, and through her Pearl Projects outfit, she choreographed the fashion segment of the 2000 Millennium Excellence Awards where she was presented with the Best Choreographer of the Millennium Award.

In 2001 Pearl launched Fashion Week in Accra by bringing together top designers from all over Africa to celebrate the African art, textiles and designs of all sorts. She lunched her debut line, Pearl, in 2004 in Accra and later partnered JP Miller to lunch Joseph Pearl Line. Pearl & JP opened the first boutique in Soho NY. At the moment Pearl is a well known model for Sushi Samba an acclaimed Japanese, Brazilian and South American fusion Restaurant located in the United States with affiliates in Tel Aviv- Israel and London.

However, Pearl isn’t only about the glitz and glamour of the fashion world; she has worked on a number of humanitarian courses to ameliorate the plights of her people. In 2005, she helped a non-profit organization to organize a charitable soiree in New York to raise money for Ghanaian homeless children. Since her return to Ghana, Pearl has devoted her time and resources to helping the needy in society. She has held a charity fashion show fundraisers in support of autistic children in the New Horizon Special School, as well as fishermen in some fishing communities in Accra. She also has an ongoing project on leukaemia and lymphoma.

Pearl Amoah has a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management from Westbourne University London, and a diploma in Architecture & Interior Design from Parsons School of Design in New York. In 2006 she was invited by the Harvard Business School as a Fashion Moderator for their annual conference organized by the African Business Club.