1. Sara Nuru was born on 19 August 1989 and is a German fashion model and entrepreneur.
12 Facts About Sara Nuru
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Sara Nuru was the winner of the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.
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Since 2016, Nuru has been running nuruCoffee, a fair trade coffee company, and supporting Ethiopian women with microcredits through her non-profit nuruWomen.
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Sara Nuru's parents are Ethiopian emigrants of Tigray and Amhara ethnic heritage.
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Sara Nuru's mother, Mulu is a Christian and her father, Hussein is Muslim.
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Sara Nuru speaks four languages: German, English, Arabic and a little bit of Amharic, her parents' native language.
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Sara Nuru was chosen as one of the finalists and won jobs for Sony Ericsson and Gillette during the competition.
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On 21 May 2009, Sara Nuru was announced as the fourth cycle's winner and the first Ethiopian winner.
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Unlike the three previous winners of Germany's Next Topmodel, Sara Nuru did not win a modeling contract with IMG Models, but with the Heidi Klum GmbH, whose manager is Heidi's father Gunther Klum.
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Sara Nuru appeared in a fashion show held in Dresden which featured cycle 3's winner Jennifer Hof.
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Sara Nuru walked in shows in London Fashion Week London, New York Fashion Week New York, Milan Fashion Week Milan and Berlin Fashion Week Berlin, such as Escada Laurel, Guido Maria Kretschmer, Gant, Cesar Galindo NY, Custo Barcelona and Roberto Cavalli.
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Since 2012, Sara Nuru has been an ambassador for Karlheinz Bohm's charity Menschen fur Menschen, with a focus on Ethiopia.