Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah (born 18 May 1992) is a

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fashion model. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British ''

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''. She has also been on the cover of ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Vogue Poland'', and '' i-D''. In 2017, the fashion industry voted her as Model of the Year for models.com.

Early life and family

Adwoa Aboah was born in

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, London, England, to Charles Aboah and

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. The name

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means "born on Monday" (she was born on a Monday) in the

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of the

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. The Lowther family, headed by the

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, are members of the

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. Aboah's maternal great-grandfather was

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. Aboah is a second cousin of Matilda Lowther. Her granduncle was

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. Her father was born and raised in

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, and immigrated to England. Through him, she is related to the Ghanaian politician William Kwasi Aboah. Both Aboah's parents are involved in the fashion industry, as a location scout and photography agent, respectively. Her sister Kesewa Aboah is also a model. Educated at Millfield, Aboah later graduated from

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in 2013, with a

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Career

At (5 ft 8) Aboah has modelled for

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, Alexander Wang,

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, H&M, Aldo,

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, Fenty x Puma,

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, and Erdem among others. She was previously signed to The Lions but sued the agency for damages after they allegedly withheld $190,000 of her earnings. Outside of modelling, Aboah had performed some short-films and music videos and in 2017 she landed her first Hollywood role as Lia in the 2017 Hollywood adaptation of the Japanese manga ''

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''. After her own personal struggles with sobriety and a concern over the lack of mental-health resources for young women, In 2017 Aboah launched an organisation for young women called Gurls Talk. During the

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Aboah created the '#CreativeTogether' initiative, with the hope that creativity could be a way to connect people and combat some of the anxiety surrounding the lockdown. She was featured in a 2018 commercial for Revlon's PhotoReady Insta-Filter™ Foundation. Aboah was named British GQ's 'Woman of the Year' for 2017. In 2017, Aboah made $1 million in modeling contracts alone. In 2018, she was listed on the list of top 50 female models by models.com. and was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of ''

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'', by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is also a ''British Vogue'' contributing editor. 2020 saw Aboah listed for the first time on the

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of the most influential Black British people across all industries.

Personal life

Aboah has suffered from depression and drug addiction and is now sober. She self-medicated with drugs from a young age due to depression and bipolar disorders. She attempted suicide by overdose in 2015, at a rehab centre in London, which resulted in a four-day coma before recovering in a psychiatric hospital.

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