Vida Mohammad ( born 20 July 1997) is an
Afghan-American
Afghan Americans ( prs, آمریکاییهای افغانتبار ''Amrikāyi-hāye Afghān tabar'', ps, د امريکا افغانان ''Da Amrīka Afghanan'') are Americans of Afghan descent or Americans who originated from Afghanistan. ...
model and
YouTuber
A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006.
Influence
Influent ...
based in South Korea.
Life and career
Vida was born in Afghanistan. Because of the difficult situation there, she and her family soon moved and resided in Russia, and later in Ukraine. Further difficulties led to them being settled as refugees in the United States when she was ten.
Vida became interested in Korean culture
and moved to South Korea at the age of twenty.
Starting to model in South Korea, Vida gained prominence in the industry and she has been active in entertainment programs
since 2020. She has appeared several times on the TV show ''
South Korean Foreigners
''South Korean Foreigners'' () is a South Korean television show. The show airs every Wednesday at 20:30 (KST) starting from October 17, 2018.
Cast member
* Kim Yong-man (presenter)
* Park Myung-soo
* Han Hyun-min
Foreigners
* John Rock
* Mac ...
''.
She launched a YouTube channel named Vida TV consisting of content about makeup, fashion,
and her experiences in the country in a series named ''When I Open My Eyes In Korea''.
After the
Taliban takeover
A Offensive (military), military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and other allied militants led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan based in Kabul and marked the end of the nearly 20-year-old War in Afghanistan (2001–20 ...
of Afghanistan in 2021, Vida appealed for help from the international community.
She also commented on a show on
MBC TV: "People who worked so hard in Afghanistan are doing nothing right now. They just stay at home. It feels like there is no hope in Afghanistan."
References
External links
비다TV-VIDA TV on YouTubeimvidaa on Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammad, Vida
Living people
1997 births
South Korean female models
People from Seoul
Models from Seoul
Afghan female models